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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 26, 2021, 3:11 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 26, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 26, 2021, 3:11 AM CST (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
All 24 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, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall 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 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
429 WWUS84 KLUB 260911 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 311 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 TXZ021>044-270000- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0019.211226T1700Z-211227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0022.211226T1700Z-211227T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 311 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUELS FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...ROLLING PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. * Wind...Southwest at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph at the 20 foot level. * Humidity...Dropping into a range from 18 to 25 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
638 WWUS84 KLUB 262350 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 550 PM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 TXZ021>044-270100- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-211227T0000Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Childress-Bailey-Lamb-Hale- Floyd-Motley-Cottle-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-King- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent-Stonewall- 550 PM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS, ROLLING PLAINS, AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... Wind speeds have begun to diminish across the region with the loss of daytime heating. Elevated fire weather conditions will persist through late evening especially in the corridor extending from Plains to Plainview where wind speeds are running about 15 mph higher than surrounding areas. The wind direction should shift to a more westerly direction through mid-evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 3:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Floyd, Hale and 7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.