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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 25, 2021, 3:29 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 25, 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 25, 2021, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lubbock, TX
Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 3276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
003 WWUS84 KLUB 250829 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 329 AM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-260200- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0009.210425T1700Z-210426T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0008.210425T1700Z-210426T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0010.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 329 AM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... 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 for today is no longer in effect. * Timing...Noon to 9 PM today and Monday. * Wind...Southwest winds around 20 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Fuels...Critically 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ TXZ024-025-030-031-036-037-042-043-260200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0010.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ Briscoe-Hall-Floyd-Motley-Crosby-Dickens-Garza-Kent- 329 AM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... * Timing...Noon to 9 PM Monday. * Wind...Southwest winds around 20 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ Sincavage
1 follow-up statement
664 WWUS84 KLUB 260152 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 852 PM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 TXZ021>023-027>029-033>035-039>041-261000- /O.EXP.KLUB.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210426T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0010.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock- Yoakum-Terry-Lynn- 852 PM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... && $$ TXZ024-025-030-031-036-037-042-043-261000- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.A.0010.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ Briscoe-Hall-Floyd-Motley-Crosby-Dickens-Garza-Kent- 852 PM CDT Sun Apr 25 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE... * Timing...Noon to 9 PM Monday. * Wind...Southwest winds around 20 mph. * Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
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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.