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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2011, 10:18 AM CST for 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report 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
- Feb 17, 2011, 10:18 AM CST (16:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:15 PM CST | WILDFIRE 640 | 2 N Plains, TX | WILDFIRE BURNED ONE SECTION ALONG TX HWY 214 NORTH OF PLAINS. ONE HOME AND ONE OUTBUILDING THREATENED AND SAVED. |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WWUS84 KLUB 171618 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1018 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 TXZ037-038-043-044-171730- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0100Z/ DICKENS-KING-KENT-STONEWALL- 1018 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... HOWEVER AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT TO CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. HOWEVER...WHETHER THE REQUIRED 3-HOURLY CRITERIA FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO BE MET IS QUESTIONABLE. THUS...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED. A RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. $$ TXZ021>036-039>042-180000- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0002.110217T1618Z-110218T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY- LYNN-GARZA- 1018 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT SUSTAINED 20 FT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT... VERY UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND CURED FUELS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CAPROCK. WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THOSE ON THE CAPROCK...BUT GIVEN THE VERY WARM AND DRY AIR...THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
880 WWUS84 KLUB 180009 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 609 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 TXZ021>036-039>042-180115- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-YOAKUM-TERRY- LYNN-GARZA- 609 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... ROLLING PLAINS...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS EVENING. $$
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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.