Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2008, 4:24 AM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 15, 2008, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 150924 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 424 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 TXZ021>023-027-028-033-034-152100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.080415T1800Z-080416T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0016.080416T1800Z-080417T0300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 424 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEST OF A DRYLINE WILL CREATE SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL AND VERY DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER THE WARNING AREA TODAY. IN ADDITION...A SIMILAR PATTERN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES APPROACHING 5 PERCENT OR LESS OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND 5 TO 10 PERCENT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CAPROCK. 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 RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ TXZ024-029-030-035-036-039>042-152100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0016.080416T1800Z-080417T0300Z/ BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- 424 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT COUPLED WITH DEEP MIXING AND STRONG DOWNSLOPE ADIABATIC WARMING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR EXTREMELY DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 5 PERCENT OR LESS VALUES OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ KW
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KLUB 152025 RFWLUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 325 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 TXZ021>023-027-028-033-034-160230- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0016.080416T1800Z-080417T0300Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 325 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROF OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WAS CAUSING GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. BY LATE AFTERNOON...RED FLAG CRITERIA WAS BEGINNING TO BE MET OVER PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. RED FLAG CRITERIA IS EXPECTED TO BE MET THROUGH EARLY EVENING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROF SWINGS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BY LATE IN THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LEVELS FALL TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT. 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 LEAD TO A POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ TXZ024-029-030-035-036-039>042-160230- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0016.080416T1800Z-080417T0300Z/ BRISCOE-HALE-FLOYD-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA- 325 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROF SWINGS INTO THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LEVELS FALL TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS MAY EDGE CLOSE TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS WELL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:24 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 24 hr |
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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.