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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 30, 2016, 6:27 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 30, 2016, 10:00 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
- Jan 30, 2016, 6:27 AM CST (12:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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 12:32 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, 0.5 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
- 3019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
121 WWUS84 KLUB 301227 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 627 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-302030- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0002.160130T1800Z-160131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0002.160130T1600Z-160131T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN- 627 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE ROLLING PLAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * FUELS...DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THESE CONDITIONS. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH. && $$ TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-302030- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0002.160130T1600Z-160131T0000Z/ BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 627 AM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE ROLLING PLAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * FUELS...DRY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH. && $$
1 follow-up statement
453 WWUS84 KLUB 302028 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 228 PM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 TXZ021>044-310000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160131T0000Z/ PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 228 PM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE ROLLING PLAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * FUELS...DRY. * IMPACTS...AT LEAST FOUR WILDFIRES HAVE OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE. FIRES CAN EASILY GROW AND CONSUME LARGE AMOUNTS OF LAND IN THESE CONDITIONS. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR ALREADY OCCURRING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 12:31 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Castro, Hall, Parmer, Swisher | 5 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.