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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 6, 202412 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 6, 2024, 12:52 PM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 6, 2024, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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 Apr 6, 11:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 11:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 11:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 12:02 PM CDT, 50 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
Apr 6, 1:36 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	LUB	Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 3 more	18 hr
Apr 6, 2:56 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	LUB	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 6 more	10 hr
Apr 6, 2:59 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LUB	Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 9 more	17 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.