Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at May 28, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Floyd 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -790 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WWUS84 KLUB 282055 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 355 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-290500- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0041.110529T1700Z-110530T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0039.110529T1700Z-110530T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0042.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110529T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 355 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE UPPER 90S TO TRIPLE DIGIT READINGS AND THUS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUE HAVE FALLEN BELOW 10 PERCENT. THE ABOVE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS AND AN ONGOING DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WIND SPEEDS AND CONSEQUENTLY THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS ANTICIPATED TO DECLINE A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. SIMILAR WEATHER TODAY WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE DRYLINE ACROSS MUCH THE CAPROCK ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WITH ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE...THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES SPARKED BY DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ024-030-290500- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0039.110529T1700Z-110530T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0042.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ BRISCOE-FLOYD- 355 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTH PLAINS WILL INDUCE A TIGHTENED PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS...PROMOTE BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE DRYLINE WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE CAPROCK...AS TEMPERATURES WARM 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AS A RESULT...AREAS WEST OF THE DRYLINE WHICH GENERALLY INCLUDES LOCALES ON THE CAPROCK...WILL EXPERIENCE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT. THIS COMBINED WITH CRITICALLY DRY FUELS AND AN ONGOING DROUGHT WILL PROMOTE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
720 WWUS84 KLUB 290247 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 947 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-039>041-291100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0039.110529T1700Z-110530T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0042.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 947 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT SUNDAY UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE CAPROCK. BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. ALSO...THERE IS A THREAT OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE IN THE DAY ALONG A DRYLINE THAT WILL PUSH WEST FROM THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS BY LATE EVENING. ANY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE RAPID FIRE STARTS AND QUICKLY SPREAD DUE TO LOCALLY STRONG AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE REPEATED IN A SIMILAR FASHION ON MONDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
484 WWUS84 KLUB 291038 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 538 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-039>041-292100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0039.110529T1700Z-110530T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0042.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 538 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE CAPROCK... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE CAPROCK... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON TO THE WEST OF A DRYLINE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CAPROCK. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL AS NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINE WITH VERY DRY AIR TO PRODUCE MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 5 PERCENT. ALSO...THERE IS A THREAT OF HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS BY LATE IN THE DAY ALONG THE DRYLINE THAT WILL PUSH WEST FROM THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS BY LATE EVENING. ANY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS AND QUICK FIRE SPREAD DUE TO LOCALLY STRONG AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE REPEATED IN A SIMILAR FASHION ACROSS THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY. 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. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
417 WWUS84 KLUB 292032 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 332 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-039>041-300200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0042.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0040.110530T1700Z-110531T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110530T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-COCHRAN- HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 332 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... AND ALSO FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT MONDAY...FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR AREAS ON THE CAPROCK... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AS WELL THIS EVENING UNTIL 9 PM CDT. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING TO THE WEST OF A DRY-LINE...ESSENTIALLY ALL AREAS LYING ON THE CAPROCK. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS CLOSE TO 5 PERCENT. ALSO...THERE IS A LOW THREAT FOR A FEW HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE DRYLINE THAT WILL PUSH WEST FROM THE EDGE OF THE CAPROCK INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. ANY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE FIRE STARTS AND QUICK FIRE SPREAD DUE TO LOCALLY STRONG AND ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REPEAT IN A SIMILAR FASHION ACROSS THE SAME AREA ON MONDAY. 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. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:09 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 15 hr |
| May 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Floyd, Hale and 8 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.