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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2017, 4:31 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 11, 2017, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 3858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
767 WWUS84 KLUB 111031 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 431 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 TXZ042-111145- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.A.0002.170211T1800Z-170212T0100Z/ Garza- 431 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GARZA COUNTY 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 cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. A fire weather danger statement will be issued for Garza County as 20 foot winds are expected to be 15 mph and relative humidities are expected to drop to 8 percent. $$ TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-111845- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0002.170211T1800Z-170212T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0002.170211T1800Z-170212T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 431 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Westerly at 20 to 25 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Temperatures...Record highs in the 80s to lower to middle 90s...or about 30 degrees above average. The record temperatures will further enhance fuel volatility. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
377 WWUS84 KLUB 111747 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1147 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>036-039>041-120100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0002.170211T1800Z-170212T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 1147 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... * Wind...Westerly at 20 to 25 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Temperatures...Record highs in the 80s to lower to middle 90s...or about 30 degrees above average. The record temperatures will further enhance fuel volatility. * Fuels...Critically 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:28 PM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.