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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX

October 28, 202112 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Oct 28, 2021, 3:36 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 28, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports 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 28, 2021, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 08:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 28, 1:39 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 592 Nne Childress, TXWEST TEXAS MESONET
Oct 28, 1:48 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 642 W Childress, TX

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2021-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

980 
WWUS84 KLUB 280836
RFWLUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
336 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021

TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-281645-
/O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0013.211028T1500Z-211029T0000Z/
Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
336 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE 
ROLLING PLAINS...

The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag
Warning, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT
this evening. 

* Timing...Late this morning through this afternoon.

* Wind...North to northwest winds at the 20 foot level from 20 to
  30 mph with gusts as high as 50 mph.

* Humidity...10 to 15 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
640 
WWUS84 KLUB 281618
RFWLUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lubbock TX
1118 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021

TXZ024>026-030>032-036>038-042>044-290000-
/O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-211029T0000Z/
Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Crosby-Dickens-King-
Garza-Kent-Stonewall-
1118 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EASTERN SOUTH
PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE ROLLING PLAINS...

* Timing...Late this morning through this afternoon.

* Wind...North to northwest winds at the 20 foot level from 20 
  to 30 mph with gusts as high as 55 mph. 

* Humidity...10 to 15 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 28, 3:22 AM CDTWind AdvisoryLUBBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 9 more16 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.