Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2012, 2:10 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 31 reports 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 19, 2012, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 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, 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, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 20, 11:30 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 S Olton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:40 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:41 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 S Olton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:45 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | |
| Feb 20, 11:50 AM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 3 N Hart, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:05 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 2 Ne Friona, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 2 Ene Tulia, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 2 Nne Floydada, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:13 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 46 | 2 S Caprock Canyon St., TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:35 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:40 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 44 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:40 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 N Hart, TX | |
| Feb 20, 12:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Levelland, TX | RV BLOWN OFF ROADWAY AT FM2130 AND FLORIDA |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 N Roaring Springs, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:35 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 6 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:39 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lubbock, TX | *** 1 INJ *** TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER MILE MARKER 13 I27 |
| Feb 20, 1:45 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Nne Floydada, TX | |
| Feb 20, 1:55 PM CST | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 3 N Plains, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Ene Abernathy, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | |
| Feb 20, 2:40 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nw Childress, TX | |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | DUST STORM | 3 N Estelline, TX | *** 4 INJ *** A LARGE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OCCURRED ALONG US HIGHWAY 287. SIX VEHICLES AND FIVE TRACTOR-TRAILERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CAR WRECK. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TIME OF THE WRECK. |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
553 WWUS84 KLUB 192010 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 210 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 TXZ021>044-201200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0004.120220T1600Z-120221T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0004.120220T1600Z-120221T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 210 PM CST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND ROLLING PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WESTERLY AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
887 WWUS84 KLUB 200931 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 TXZ021>044-202200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0004.120220T1600Z-120221T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 331 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE... AND ROLLING PLAINS... * WIND...WESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. SLIGHTLY LOWER SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROLLING PLAINS. * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 7 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. A COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPIDLY SPREADING WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
383 WWUS84 KLUB 210030 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 630 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 TXZ021>044-210130- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120221T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 630 PM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BUT WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DECLINE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 10:04 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:48 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:50 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.