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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

January 1, 20267 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2026, 10:50 PM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 2, 2026, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2026, 10:50 PM CST (04:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2026, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 2, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2026-01-02Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2026-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.