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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 27, 202324 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 27, 2023, 2:10 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2023, 11:00 AM CST. 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: Feb 27, 2023, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2023, 11:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 28, 2023, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

All 24 counties

Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle 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, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 26, 5:34 PM CST, 20 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 5:34 PM CST, 20 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 5:24 PM CST, 20 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 26, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, Motley	65 min
Feb 26, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	LUB	Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley	38 min
Feb 26, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LUB	Cottle, Dickens, Kent, King, Motley, Stonewall	56 min
Feb 27, 3:36 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more	11 hr
Feb 27, 3:36 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more	15 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.