Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2009, 4:34 AM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2009, 12:00 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
- Apr 7, 2009, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
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, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 3981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 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 070934 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 434 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 TXZ021>023-027>029-072100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0019.090407T1800Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.090407T1700Z-090408T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- 434 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...RESULTING IN SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. OBSERVE LOCAL BURN BANS. && $$ TXZ033-034-072100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.090407T1700Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 434 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...RESULTING IN SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS LIKELY. SIMILAR FIRE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. OBSERVE LOCAL BURN BANS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ024>026-030>032-035>038-072100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.090407T1700Z-090408T0000Z/ BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS- KING- 434 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS...AND THE NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...RESULTING IN SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. OBSERVE LOCAL BURN BANS. && $$ TXZ039>041-072100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 434 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...RESULTING IN SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KLUB 072109 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 409 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 TXZ033-034-080000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 409 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL HAVE COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING WHEN WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN A RENEWED THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. OBSERVE LOCAL BURN BANS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ021>032-035>038-080000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- 409 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL HAVE COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING WHEN WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. OBSERVE LOCAL BURN BANS. && $$ TXZ039>041-080000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 409 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WINDS RESULTING IN THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
000 WWUS84 KLUB 080007 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 707 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 TXZ033-034-081000- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY- 707 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN A RENEWED THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AS WINDS AGAIN ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ021>032-035>038-080115- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090408T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- 707 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVERNIGHT...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ TXZ039>041-081000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0020.090408T1700Z-090409T0000Z/ YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 707 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT LEVEL WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AS WINDS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:34 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Lynn, Terry, Yoakum | 25 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
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.