Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 27, 2021, 1:00 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
- Apr 27, 2021, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 4388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
275 WWUS84 KLUB 270739 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 239 AM CDT Tue Apr 27 2021 TXZ021-027-033-039-272000- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0011.210427T1700Z-210428T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0010.210427T1800Z-210428T0200Z/ Parmer-Bailey-Cochran-Yoakum- 239 AM CDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Timing...This afternoon through early evening. * Wind...Southwest winds around 20 mph. * Humidity...10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Extremely 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. && $$ TXZ022-028-034-040-272000- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0010.210427T1800Z-210428T0200Z/ Castro-Lamb-Hockley-Terry- 239 AM CDT Tue Apr 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 9 PM CDT this evening. * Timing...This afternoon through early evening. * Wind...Southwest winds around 20 mph. * Humidity...10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Extremely dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Garza | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Kent, King, Motley | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Dickens, King, Motley | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 39 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2021Every red flag warning in 2021
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.