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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 21, 2021, 11:25 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. 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 21, 2021, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2021, 4:13 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496 WWUS84 KLUB 211725 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1125 AM CST Tue Dec 21 2021 TXZ027-033>035-039>041-212300- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0019.211221T1725Z-211221T2300Z/ Bailey-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 1125 AM CST Tue Dec 21 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 5 PM CST this afternoon. * Timing...Through 5 PM. * Wind...West-northwesterly 15 to 25 mph. * Humidity...As low as 8 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
645 WWUS84 KLUB 212213 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 413 PM CST Tue Dec 21 2021 TXZ027-033>035-039>041-212315- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-211221T2300Z/ Bailey-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 413 PM CST Tue Dec 21 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Critical fire weather conditions are no longer expected. $$ 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.