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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 22, 2021, 12:33 PM CST for Cochran County, Terry County, Yoakum County, Texas. It was in force for 3 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 22, 2021, 12:33 PM CST (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Cochran County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 4289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
333 WWUS84 KLUB 221833 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1233 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 TXZ033-039-040-222200- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0020.211222T1833Z-211222T2200Z/ Cochran-Yoakum-Terry- 1233 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 4 PM CST this afternoon. * Timing...Through 4 PM. * Wind... West-Northwesterly at 15 to 25 mph. * Humidity...As low as 5 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
103 WWUS84 KLUB 221909 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 109 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 TXZ033-039-040-230315- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0018.211224T1600Z-211225T0100Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-211222T2200Z/ Cochran-Yoakum-Terry- 109 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect until 4 PM CST this afternoon. * Timing...Through 4 PM. * Wind... West-Northwesterly at 15 to 25 mph. * Humidity...As low as 5 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$ TXZ021>032-034>038-041>044-230315- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0018.211224T1600Z-211225T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Lynn- Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 109 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * TIMING...10 AM until 7 PM Friday. * WIND...West-southwest 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
738 WWUS84 KLUB 222134 AAA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 334 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 TXZ033-039-040-231300- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-211222T2200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0018.211224T1600Z-211225T0100Z/ Cochran-Yoakum-Terry- 334 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS, AND THE ROLLING PLAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... * Timing...Through 4 PM. * Wind... West-northwest at 15 to 20 mph. * Humidity...As low as 5 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ TXZ021>032-034>038-041>044-231300- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0018.211224T1600Z-211225T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King-Lynn- Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 334 PM CST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, SOUTH PLAINS, AND THE ROLLING PLAINS... * TIMING...10 AM until 7 PM Friday. * WIND...West-southwest 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 55 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * FUELS...Critically dry. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ Sincavage
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1:09 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.