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Red Flag Warning 25, NWS Lubbock, TX

May 28, 200612 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at May 28, 2006, 4:24 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 28, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2006, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 28, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 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 09:24 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, 9.4 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 2006-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2006-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at May 28, 4:00 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 4:00 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 6:30 AM CDT, 21 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
630 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006

TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-281130-
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-
YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-
630 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE
27 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 87. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND GUSTY WINDS
COMBINED WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PRODUCE AN
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AS WELL...AND MAY BE NEEDED FOR MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-281130-
BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-
GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL-
630 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE DRY LINE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF THE CAPROCK. THE
MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WINDS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY ALONG AND EAST
OF THE DRY LINE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza58 min
May 27, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens35 min
May 27, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens60 min
May 27, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBMotley37 min
May 27, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle25 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBFloyd, Motley59 min
May 28, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBHall66 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006

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.