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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 5, 2021, 3:31 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 5, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
- Dec 5, 2021, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 5, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
125 WWUS84 KLUB 050931 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 331 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-051800- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0015.211205T1800Z-211206T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- 331 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * Wind...Westerly at 20 to 25 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
533 WWUS84 KLUB 051644 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1044 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-060000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0015.211205T1800Z-211206T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- 1044 AM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... * Wind...Westerly at 20 to 25 mph. * Humidity...10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
951 WWUS84 KLUB 052356 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 556 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-060100- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-211206T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd- 556 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... Critical fire weather conditions are no longer expected as westerly winds continue to diminish. $$ Sincavage
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.