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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 15, 2021, 2:24 AM CST for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 15, 2021, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
- Dec 15, 2021, 2:24 AM CST (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 21 counties
Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 1:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Caprock Canyon Sp, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Dec 15, 1:28 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 Ese Silverton, TX | WEST TEXAS MESONET |
| Dec 15, 1:47 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 6 Nne Lubbock, 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
501 WWUS84 KLUB 150824 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 224 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 TXZ021>037-039>042-151800- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0017.211215T1800Z-211216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0018.211215T1800Z-211216T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum- Terry-Lynn-Garza- 224 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND 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. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...West-southwest 25 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph. * Humidity...As low as 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
608 WWUS84 KLUB 152019 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 219 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 TXZ026-031-032-036-037-042-152130- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-211216T0000Z/ Childress-Motley-Cottle-Crosby-Dickens-Garza- 219 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Strong west-southwesterly winds from 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph will continue this afternoon so there still will be a risk for wildfire spread. But afternoon relative humidity values are expected to remain above 30% over the Rolling Plains. $$ TXZ021>025-027>030-033>035-039>041-160000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-211216T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 219 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS... * Wind...West-southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * Humidity...As low as 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:17 AM CST | High Wind Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer, Swisher | 12 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:17 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Crosby and 11 more | 15 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.