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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2021, 1:57 PM CDT for 20 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 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
- Apr 5, 2021, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 8:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran 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, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 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
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
200 WWUS84 KLUB 051857 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 157 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-061100- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0006.210406T1800Z-210407T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0006.210406T1800Z-210407T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Kent- 157 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS, SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 1 PM to 9 PM CDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Westerly 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * Humidity...5 to 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
096 WWUS84 KLUB 060852 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 352 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-062000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0006.210406T1800Z-210407T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Kent- 352 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS, SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... * Wind...Westerly 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
567 WWUS84 KLUB 061849 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 149 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-070200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210407T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Kent- 149 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS, SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... * Wind...Westerly 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * Humidity...5 to 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. && $$ Sincavage
620 WWUS84 KLUB 070135 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 835 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-070245- /O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210407T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Kent- 835 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS, SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Wind speeds have dropped below critical levels. $$
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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.