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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2021, 2:36 AM CDT for 20 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 26, 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 26, 2021, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 07:40 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, 7.6 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
- 4768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
534 WWUS84 KLUB 260736 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 236 AM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021 TXZ021>025-027>031-033>037-039>043-262000- /O.UPG.KLUB.FW.A.0010.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.W.0009.210426T1700Z-210427T0200Z/ Parmer-Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Bailey-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley- Cochran-Hockley-Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Yoakum-Terry-Lynn-Garza- Kent- 236 AM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...AND MUCH OF THE WESTERN ROLLING 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. * Timing...Noon to 9 PM today. * Wind...Southwest winds 20 to 25 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
351 WWUS84 KLUB 261905 RFWLUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Lubbock TX 205 PM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021 TXZ021-027-033-039-270400- /O.NEW.KLUB.FW.A.0011.210427T1700Z-210428T0200Z/ /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210427T0200Z/ Parmer-Bailey-Cochran-Yoakum- 205 PM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE, AND THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS... The National Weather Service in Lubbock has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * Timing...For the red flag warning, until 9 PM today. For the fire weather watch, noon to 9 PM Tuesday. * Wind...Southwest winds 20 to 25 mph. * Humidity...Today, 5 to 10 percent. For Tuesday, 10 to 15 percent. * Fuels...Critically dry. * Impacts...Any fires that develop can spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is discouraged. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are imminent or already occurring. These conditions can create rapid wildfire growth. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Monitor later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ TXZ022>025-028>031-034>037-040>043-270200- /O.CON.KLUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210427T0200Z/ Castro-Swisher-Briscoe-Hall-Lamb-Hale-Floyd-Motley-Hockley- Lubbock-Crosby-Dickens-Terry-Lynn-Garza-Kent- 205 PM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AND THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS... * Timing...Until 9 PM today. * Wind...Southwest winds 20 to 25 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Parmer, Yoakum | 13 hr |
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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.