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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

November 1, 201716 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 1, 2017, 1:51 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report 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
Nov 1, 2017, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 1, 4:57 PM CDTWILDFIRE 07 Wsw Earth, TXWILDFIRE DEVELOPED IN THE SAND HILLS AREA SOUTHWEST OF EARTH, TX. UNKNOWN SIZE AND CAUSE.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

535 
WWUS84 KLUB 011851
RFWLUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
Issued by National Weather Service AMARILLO TX
151 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2017

TXZ027>037-039>043-020000-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0013.171101T1851Z-171102T0000Z/
Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-
Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-
151 PM CDT Wed Nov 1 2017

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MUCH
OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND WESTERN 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 until 7 PM CDT this evening. 

* Wind...West at 20 to 25 mph.

* Humidity...Lowest afternoon readings between 15 and 20 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. These conditions can create
rapid wildfire growth.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 11:13 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 4 more4 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.