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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2021, 1:50 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 15, 2021, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
482 WWUS84 KLUB 151850 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 150 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021 TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-161200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0003.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0003.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Bailey-Lamb-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry- 150 PM CDT Mon Mar 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND WESTERN AREAS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon to 8 PM CDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Timing...Noon until 8 pm. * Wind...Southwesterly at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-10 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. && $$ Sincavage
2 follow-up statements
908 WWUS84 KLUB 160842 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 342 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-161700- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0003.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Bailey-Lamb-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry- 342 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... * Timing...Noon until 8 pm. * Wind...Southwesterly at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-10 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
838 WWUS84 KLUB 161639 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 1139 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 TXZ021-022-027-028-033-034-039-040-170100- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0003.210316T1700Z-210317T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Bailey-Lamb-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry- 1139 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... * Timing...Noon until 8 pm. * Wind...Southwesterly at 20-30 mph gusting to 40 mph. * Humidity...6-10 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Parmer and 2 more | 11 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.