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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 8, 2026Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 8, 2026, 11:00 PM CST for Bailey County, Castro County, Parmer County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 9, 2026, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 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 8, 2026, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Lubbock, TX

Counties Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 371 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-02-09Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.