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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Lubbock, TX

March 29, 202118 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.