Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2021, 2:50 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 4, 2021, 11:00 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
- Mar 4, 2021, 2:50 AM CST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 4257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
899 WWUS84 KLUB 040850 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 250 AM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-042100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0001.210304T1700Z-210305T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0001.210304T1700Z-210305T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 250 AM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Westerly at 20-30 mph, gusting to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...dormant and 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
795 WWUS84 KLUB 042027 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 227 PM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-050100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210305T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 227 PM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... * Wind...Westerly at 20-30 mph, gusting to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...dormant and dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
826 WWUS84 KLUB 050101 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 701 PM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-050215- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210305T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 701 PM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... Elevated fire weather conditions will persist through the evening. Two primary wind shifts are expected; One to the northwest later this evening and another to the north around sunrise on Friday morning. $$
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.