Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 4:57 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 0 | 7 Wsw Earth, TX | WILDFIRE 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 11:13 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Floyd, Hale, Hall and 4 more | 4 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.