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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 14, 202112 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2021, 1:54 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 14, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2021, 1:54 AM CST (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

113 
WWUS74 KLUB 140754
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
154 AM CST Sun Mar 14 2021

TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-150100-
/O.NEW.KLUB.WI.Y.0006.210314T1700Z-210315T0100Z/
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-
Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-
Including the cities of Tulia, Lubbock, Plains, Muleshoe,
Whiteface, Denver City, Happy, Wolfforth, ODonnell, New Home,
Friona, Olton, Hale Center, Amherst, Farwell, Slaton,
Littlefield, Wellman, Plainview, Dimmitt, Morton, Meadow,
Brownfield, Bovina, Tahoka, Levelland, Sundown, and Hart
154 AM CST Sun Mar 14 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...The South Plains and the extreme southwest Texas Panhandle.

* WHEN...From Noon today to 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and a few 
  power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

WCI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 6:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall12 min
Mar 13, 6:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent36 min
Mar 13, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley47 min
Mar 13, 6:47 PM CSTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Motley28 min
Mar 13, 7:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBChildress, Cottle49 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.