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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:27 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:27 AM CST (11:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 6270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
370 WWUS84 KLUB 021127 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 527 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 TXZ029-021230- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.A.0008.120302T1700Z-120303T0100Z/ HALE- 527 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR HALE COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ TXZ027-028-033>035-039>041-022200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0008.120302T1700Z-120303T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0009.120302T1700Z-120303T0100Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 527 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS UPGRADED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
505 WWUS84 KLUB 022108 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 308 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 TXZ027-028-033>035-039>041-030100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 308 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$
240 WWUS84 KLUB 030057 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 657 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 TXZ027-028-033>035-039>041-030200- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/ BAILEY-LAMB-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 657 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE DRASTICALLY THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT EXITING THE SOUTH PLAINS. ALTHOUGH NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH...THE THREAT FOR VOLATILE GRASSLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR HAS DIMINISHED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:06 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock and 3 more | 10 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.