Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2021, 3:01 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 10, 2021, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2021, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
676 WWUS84 KLUB 100901 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 301 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 TXZ031-032-036-101015- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.A.0002.210310T1700Z-210311T0100Z/ Motley-Cottle-Crosby- 301 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. The Fire Weather Watch has been upgraded to a Red Flag Warning. $$ TXZ021>030-033>035-039>041-110100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0002.210310T1700Z-210311T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0002.210310T1700Z-210311T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 301 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS, AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 8 PM CST this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Southwesterly winds at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-11 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$ Sincavage
2 follow-up statements
117 WWUS84 KLUB 101714 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1114 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 TXZ031-036-037-110200- /O.EXA.KLUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210311T0200Z/ Motley-Crosby-Dickens- 1114 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS, AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 8 PM CST this evening. * Wind...Southwesterly winds at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-11 percent. * Fuels...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. && $$ TXZ021>030-033>035-039>041-110200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210311T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 1114 AM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS, AND NORTHERN ROLLING PLAINS... * Wind...Southwesterly winds at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-11 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
169 WWUS84 KLUB 110210 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 810 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 TXZ021>031-033>037-039>041-110315- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210311T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry- Lynn- 810 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS...AND WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS OF TEXAS... Elevated fire weather conditions will persist through the evening across the far southwest Texas Panhandle and northwest South Plains. Elsewhere, a dryline moving northwest will bring more moist conditions overnight. $$
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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.