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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 9, 20216 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-09Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.