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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 29, 202216 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2022, 9:01 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2022, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2022, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3324 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 11:24 AM CDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1124 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022

TXZ021>044-301630-
Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-
Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Yoakum-
Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1124 AM CDT Tue Mar 29 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the South Plains, Rolling
Plains and the far Southern Texas Panhandle.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Critical to extremely critical fire danger will affect the entire
region this afternoon and evening and a Red Flag Warning is in
effect for the entire area from until 11 PM. A High Wind Warning is
also in effect until 9 PM for most areas on the Caprock and the
southern Texas Panhandle, while a Wind Advisory is in effect until 9
PM for the southeast South Plains and western and central Rolling
Plains. Winds from 30 to 45 mph are expected, with local gusts to 70
mph possible. Blowing dust will result in substantial reductions in
visibility on this afternoon and evening, especially for areas on the
Caprock.

A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the far
eastern Rolling Plains this evening, with large hail and damaging
wind gusts the primary concerns before storms quickly exit the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Sustained post-frontal winds may exceed 30 mph over portions of the
area Wednesday morning. Otherwise, the probability for widespread
hazardous weather is low Wednesday afternoon through next weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Limited spotter activation may be needed across the eastern Rolling
Plains this evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 5:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 7:31 PM CDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryLUBCrosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley and 4 more89 min
Mar 29, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall29 min
Mar 30, 2:51 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby and 10 more10 hr

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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.