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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

August 17, 201912 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Aug 17, 2019, 3:30 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 17, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT. 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
Aug 17, 2019, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hall County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Motley County, TX, Stonewall County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Aug 17, 2:57 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:57 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 3:24 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 3:21 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHall39 min
Aug 17, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBDickens25 min
Aug 17, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock23 min
Aug 17, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing22 min
Aug 17, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall57 min
Aug 17, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBLubbock22 min
Aug 17, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle33 min
Aug 17, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBHale30 min
Aug 17, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBBriscoe36 min
Aug 17, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing, Stonewall30 min
Aug 17, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBCottle22 min
Aug 17, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBChildress32 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.