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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Lubbock, TX

April 27, 202616 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 27, 2026, 10:30 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 27, 2026, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBKent, Stonewall32 min
Apr 28, 4:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLUBGarza31 min
Apr 28, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBGarza, Lynn40 min
Apr 28, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatLUBCrosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent61 min
Apr 28, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLUBDickens, Kent, King, Stonewall55 min

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.