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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 9, 2021, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 4838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
229 WWUS84 KLUB 090835 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 335 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 TXZ027-033-034-039>041-100200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0007.210409T1700Z-210410T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0007.210409T1700Z-210410T0200Z/ Bailey-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 335 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Northwest to north at 20-30 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Humidity...5-10 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
172 WWUS84 KLUB 091919 CCA RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Lubbock TX 219 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 TXZ027-033-034-039>041-100200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0007.000000T0000Z-210410T0200Z/ /O.COR.KLUB.FW.W.0007.210409T1919Z-210410T0200Z/ Bailey-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 219 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 9 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...Northwest to north at 20-30 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * Humidity...5-10 percent. * Fuels...Dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. && $$
211 WWUS84 KLUB 100152 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 852 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 TXZ027-033-034-039>041-100300- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210410T0200Z/ Bailey-Cochran-Hockley-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 852 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... $$
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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.