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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Lubbock, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1:39 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nne Childress, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Oct 28, 1:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 9 more | 16 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.