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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Oct 27, 2021, 3:40 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Oct 27, 2021, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 1:18 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nw White River Lake, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
963 WWUS84 KLUB 270840 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 340 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-035-036-272300- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0012.211027T1800Z-211027T2300Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Lubbock- Crosby- 340 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 6 PM CDT this evening. * Timing...1 PM this afternoon to 6 PM this evening. * Wind...north winds at the 20 foot level from 20 to 30 mph with gusts from 40 to 50 mph. * Humidity...15 to 25 percent. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Kent | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 56 min |
| Oct 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | Stonewall | 28 min |
| Oct 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LUB | King | 30 min |
| Oct 27, 4:17 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 14 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.