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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Lubbock, TX
NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2024, 2:18 PM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 24, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2024, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall 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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:27 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | Mesonet station 12 Morton 1NE. |
| Mar 24, 12:28 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 S Levelland, TX | Mesonet station 6 Levelland 4S. |
| Mar 24, 12:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | Mesonet station 11 Muleshoe 2S. |
| Mar 24, 12:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nnw Plains, TX | Mesonet station 17 Plains 3N. |
| Mar 24, 12:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | Mesonet station 12 Morton 1NE. |
| Mar 24, 12:44 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 8 Sw Sundown, TX | Mesonet station 29 Sundown 8SW. |
| Mar 24, 12:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nnw Plains, TX | Mesonet station 17 Plains 3N. |
| Mar 24, 1:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | Mesonet station 21 Dimmitt 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 1:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 9 Nnw Sudan, TX | Mesonet station 111 9WSW Earth Earth/Lamb County. |
| Mar 24, 1:22 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Nnw Plains, TX | Mesonet station 17 Plains 3N. |
| Mar 24, 1:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 1 E Happy, TX | Mesonet station 106 Happy 1E (Swisher Co). |
| Mar 24, 1:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Ene Tulia, TX | Mesonet station 22 Tulia 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 1:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | Mesonet station 30 Anton 6S. |
| Mar 24, 1:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 S Levelland, TX | AWOS station KLLN 2 S Levelland. |
| Mar 24, 1:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 E Happy, TX | Mesonet station 106 Happy 1E (Swisher Co). |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 1 N Lubbock Int. Airpor, TX | ASOS station KLBB Lubbock. |
| Mar 24, 2:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 1 N Lubbock Int. Airpor, TX | Corrected earlier LSR for 73 mph peak gust. |
| Mar 24, 2:06 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 3 Wnw Lubbock, TX | Mesonet station 33 Lubbock 3W. |
| Mar 24, 2:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nw Reese Center, TX | Mesonet station 1 Lubbock (Reese) 12W. |
| Mar 24, 2:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 S Levelland, TX | Mesonet station 6 Levelland 4S. |
| Mar 24, 2:17 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | Mesonet station 16 Amherst 1NE. |
| Mar 24, 2:18 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Ssw Muleshoe, TX | Mesonet station 11 Muleshoe 2S. |
| Mar 24, 2:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Wsw Aiken, TX | Mesonet station 79 3WSW Aiken Aiken/Hale County. |
| Mar 24, 2:27 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 1 Ene Morton, TX | Mesonet station 12 Morton 1NE. |
| Mar 24, 2:28 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 N Hart, TX | Mesonet station 19 Hart 3N. |
| Mar 24, 2:28 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 8 Nnw Mackenzie Reservo, TX | Mesonet station 95 Vigo Park. |
| Mar 24, 2:28 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 6 Ene Abernathy, TX | Mesonet station 2 Abernathy 5NE. |
| Mar 24, 2:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Ene Tulia, TX | Mesonet station 22 Tulia 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 2:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 3 N Hart, TX | Mesonet station 19 Hart 3N. |
| Mar 24, 2:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Se Plainview, TX | Mesonet station 3 Plainview 1S. |
| Mar 24, 2:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Ne Amherst, TX | Mesonet station 16 Amherst 1NE. |
| Mar 24, 2:42 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 Nnw Plains, TX | Mesonet station 17 Plains 3N. |
| Mar 24, 2:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 S Caprock Canyons Sta, TX | Mesonet station 61 Caprock Canyons SP/Briscoe. |
| Mar 24, 2:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 8 Nnw Mackenzie Reservo, TX | Mesonet station 95 Vigo Park. |
| Mar 24, 2:48 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 6 S Olton, TX | Mesonet station 130 Olton 6S. |
| Mar 24, 2:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 6 Wnw Denver City, TX | Mesonet station 45 Denver City 7W. |
| Mar 24, 2:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 7 Wsw Lakeview, TX | Mesonet station 110 Lesley 2S. |
| Mar 24, 3:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 9 Se South Plains, TX | Mesonet station FW2460 Floydada. |
| Mar 24, 3:01 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 2 Ene Friona, TX | Mesonet station 20 Friona 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | Mesonet station 49 2WSW Turkey. |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ssw Wolfforth, TX | Pontoon boat on trailer flipped over and aluminum shed/barn blown down. |
| Mar 24, 3:16 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 4 S Levelland, TX | Mesonet station 6 Levelland 4S. |
| Mar 24, 3:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 Se Plainview, TX | Mesonet station 3 Plainview 1S. |
| Mar 24, 3:26 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Wsw White River Lake, TX | Mesonet station 23 Silverton 7E. |
| Mar 24, 3:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 S Levelland, TX | AWOS station KLLN 2 S Levelland. |
| Mar 24, 3:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ene South Plains, TX | Mesonet station 120 3ENE South Plains CC SP Trailways/Floyd. |
| Mar 24, 3:40 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 7 Wsw Lakeview, TX | Mesonet station 110 Lesley 2S. |
| Mar 24, 3:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 Se Plainview, TX | Mesonet station 3 Plainview 1S. |
| Mar 24, 3:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nw Reese Center, TX | Mesonet station 1 Lubbock (Reese) 12W. |
| Mar 24, 3:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 6 Ssw Anton, TX | Mesonet station 30 Anton 6S. |
| Mar 24, 3:54 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ne Dimmitt, TX | Mesonet station 21 Dimmitt 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 3:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nw Reese Center, TX | Mesonet station 1 Lubbock (Reese) 12W. |
| Mar 24, 4:02 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | Mesonet station 49 2WSW Turkey. |
| Mar 24, 4:08 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 E Ropesville, TX | Mesonet station 47 Wolfforth 6 mi SW. |
| Mar 24, 4:13 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 E Happy, TX | Mesonet station 106 Happy 1E (Swisher Co). |
| Mar 24, 4:23 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Wsw White River Lake, TX | Mesonet station 23 Silverton 7E. |
| Mar 24, 4:52 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Ne Slaton, TX | Mesonet station 5 Slaton 2NE. |
| Mar 24, 4:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Se Ralls, TX | Mesonet station 9 Ralls 1SE. |
| Mar 24, 5:11 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 2 Wsw Turkey, TX | Mesonet station 49 2WSW Turkey. |
| Mar 24, 5:12 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 Nne Floydada, TX | Mesonet station 8 Floydada 2NE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 23, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 12:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lubbock, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 23, 3:36 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 15 more | 42 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | LUB | Kent, King, Stonewall | 42 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Kent, King, Motley and 1 more | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.