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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 27, 202110 counties in Texas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 27, 1:18 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 606 Nw White River Lake, TXWEST 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent29 min
Oct 26, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent29 min
Oct 26, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBGarza, Kent34 min
Oct 26, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall37 min
Oct 26, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBCottle, King56 min
Oct 26, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBStonewall28 min
Oct 26, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKing30 min
Oct 27, 4:17 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more14 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.