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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 29, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
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, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 3194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
038 WWUS84 KLUB 290835 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 335 AM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021 TXZ021>024-027>030-033>035-300100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0005.210329T1800Z-210330T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0005.210329T1800Z-210330T0100Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Cochran- Hockley-Lubbock- 335 AM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Highest in the far southern Panhandle. * Humidity...9 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Timing...1 PM through 8 PM Monday. * 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. && $$ TXZ025-026-031-032-036>038-300100- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0005.210329T1800Z-210330T0100Z/ Hall-Childress-Motley-Cottle-Crosby-Dickens-King- 335 AM CDT Mon Mar 29 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening. * Wind...Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Highest in the far southern Panhandle. * Humidity...9 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Timing...1 PM through 8 PM Monday. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
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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.