Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2006, 4:01 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2006, 3:02 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2006, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2006, 3:02 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 counties
Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle 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, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Levelland, TX | STRONG WINDS BLEW DOWN A POWER LINE THAT SPARKED A 1300 ACRE WILDFIRE. WEST TEXAS MESONET RECORDED PEAK GUSTS TO 51 MPH IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | WINDS BLAMED FOR BLOWING OVER A COOKER/SMOKER THAT IGNITED A FIRE AND DESTROYED A HOME AND A VEHICLE AT BUFFALO SPRINGS LAKE. FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE PROPERY AND DID NOT BECOME A WILDFIRE. |
| Apr 15, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | |
| Apr 15, 2:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 S Brownfield, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KLUB 142101 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 401 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 TXZ021>035-150515- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0020.060415T1600Z-060416T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- 401 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ADVECT VERY DRY AIR EAST OUT OF THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE WARNING AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT NEAR RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE RELAY THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO THE APPROPRIATE FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TXZ036>044-150515- /O.EXT.KLUB.FW.A.0020.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 401 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 MPH BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ADVECT VERY DRY AIR EAST OUT OF THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE WATCH AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT NEAR RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY. THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD AVOID USING OPEN FLAMES OR ANYTHING THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. A BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT. LISTEN FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE RELAY THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO THE APPROPRIATE FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. $$ KW
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KLUB 150247 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 947 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 TXZ021>035-151000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- 947 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND THE ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE BY LATE MORNING SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ADVECT VERY DRY AIR EAST FROM THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE WARNING AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION RELATIVELY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLEASE RELAY THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO THE APPROPRIATE FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TXZ036>044-151000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0020.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 947 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS NEAR 20 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO NEAR 20 MPH BY LATE MORNING SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ADVECT VERY DRY AIR EAST FROM THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE WATCH AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ON SATURDAY. THOSE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD AVOID USING OPEN FLAMES OR ANYTHING THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. LISTEN FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE RELAY THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO THE APPROPRIATE FIRE FIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. $$
000 WWUS84 KLUB 150802 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 302 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 TXZ036>044-151615- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0020.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 302 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN VERY DRY AIR FROM THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TXZ021>035-151615- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- 302 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN VERY DRY AIR FROM THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KLUB 150921 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 419 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 TXZ036>044-151745- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0020.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 419 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN VERY DRY AIR FROM THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ TXZ021>035-151745- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060416T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- 419 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER... VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER TODAY. WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO OVER 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL BY LATE MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL BRING IN VERY DRY AIR FROM THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS COMBINED WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE AREA. WITH VEGETATION OVER THE REGION MOSTLY DORMANT AND CURED BY THE ONGOING DROUGHT AND RECENT RECORD HEAT...WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL GIVEN IGNITION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS84 KLUB 152053 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 353 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 TXZ021>044-160000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060416T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 353 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. EXTREMELY DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS COUPLED STRONG 20 FOOT WINDS IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL MAKE FOR CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH GIVEN IGNITION. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH RATHER QUICKLY BY EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ KW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.