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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2014, 3:34 AM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 7 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 21 counties
Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale 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), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Lubbock, TX | UTILITY POLE BLOWN DOWN ON N. UNIVERSITY AND CLOVIS HWY WITH WINDS OF 25-35 MPH GUSTING TO 35-45 MPH. |
| Apr 28, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Nws Lubbock, TX | POWER LINE DOWN WITH 30-40 MPH WINDS GUSTING TO 40-50 MPH. |
| Apr 28, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Wilson, TX | NORTHBOUND SEMI TRUCK WITH EMPTY TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON HWY 87 AT FM 211. |
| Apr 28, 3:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | MEASURED BY WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION |
| Apr 28, 4:30 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | Reese Center, TX | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH FOR APPROX. 70 MINUTES BETWEEN 445 PM AND 700 PM WITH GUSTS IN THE MID 50S. |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH PLUS FOR APPROX 70 MINUTES BETWEEN 445 AND 630 PM WITH GUSTS IN THE MID 50S. |
| Apr 28, 5:44 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Ne Lubbock, TX |
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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
528 WWUS84 KLUB 280834 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 334 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 TXZ021>024-027>031-033>044-282100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0020.140428T1600Z-140429T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0021.140428T1600Z-140429T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 334 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING 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 HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS...AND MOST OF ROLLING PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 10 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES. * FUELS...DRY TO CRITICALLY DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE <OCCURRING/IMMINENT>. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNIFICANT WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
187 WWUS84 KLUB 282049 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 349 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 TXZ021>024-027>031-033>044-290200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 349 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS...AND MOST OF THE ROLLING PLAINS... * WIND...WEST NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 10 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...MID 70S TO LOW 80S. * FUELS...DRY TO CRITICALLY DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WEATHER FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGNIFICANT WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE OPEN FLAMES AND SPARKS. && $$
813 WWUS84 KLUB 290209 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 909 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 TXZ021>024-027>031-033>044-290315- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140429T0200Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-MOTLEY- COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING-YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 909 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED 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 AREA... WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND MIXING...WIND SPEEDS ARE DROPPING WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE RISING. WHILE A FEW AREAS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS...WILL SEE SPORADIC RED FLAG CONDITIONS THROUGH 10 PM...THE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:04 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.