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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 31, 2010, 5:54 AM CST for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2010, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Dec 31, 2010, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2010, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 21 counties
Briscoe 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, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007 WWUS84 KLUB 311154 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 554 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 TXZ024>026-030>032-035>038-041>044-311800- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0016.101231T1600Z-101231T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.101231T1600Z-101231T2300Z/ BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS- KING-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 554 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ023-028-029-033-034-039-040-311800- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.101231T1600Z-101231T2300Z/ SWISHER-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-YOAKUM-TERRY- 554 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUPPORTIVE OF RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS DIMINISH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
302 WWUS84 KLUB 311800 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 TXZ023>026-028>044-312300- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101231T2300Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WILL PERSIST WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON RESULTING IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. THIS THREAT WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
751 WWUS84 KLUB 312013 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 213 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 TXZ033>044-312115- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101231T2300Z/ COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 213 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RESIDE AROUND 15 PERCENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS AT THE TWENTY FOOT LEVEL WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 20 MPH RESULTING IN A DIMINISHED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. $$ TXZ023>026-028>032-312300- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-101231T2300Z/ SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE- 213 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON RESULTING IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. THIS THREAT WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock | 36 min |
| Dec 30, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 46 min |
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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.