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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 25, 202112 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-04-25Temperature 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 2021-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.