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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 12, 2021, 2:34 AM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 12, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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 12, 2021, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2021, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hall County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 96 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 3885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WWUS84 KLUB 120834 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 234 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ021>026-030-031-122300- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0016.211212T1800Z-211213T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0017.211212T1800Z-211212T2300Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley- 234 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEASTERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 5 PM CST this afternoon. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Southwest at 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Humidity...As low as 10 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. && $$ TXZ032-122300- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0017.211212T1800Z-211212T2300Z/ Cottle- 234 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEASTERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 5 PM CST this afternoon. * Wind...Southwest at 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$ Sincavage
2 follow-up statements
098 WWUS84 KLUB 121705 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1105 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ021>026-030>032-122300- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0017.211212T1800Z-211212T2300Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle- 1105 AM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEASTERN ROLLING PLAINS... * Wind...Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 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. && $$
826 WWUS84 KLUB 122256 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 456 PM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 TXZ021>026-030>032-130000- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-211212T2300Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Floyd-Motley-Cottle- 456 PM CST Sun Dec 12 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHEASTERN ROLLING PLAINS... While relative humidity values are currently in the 10 to 15 percent range, wind speeds have fallen below Red Flag criteria at the 20-foot level and will continue to weaken through the evening hours. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning will expire at 5 PM CST. $$
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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.