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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Lubbock, TX

February 23, 202617 counties in Texas

NWS Lubbock, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2026, 11:21 AM CST for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2026, 11:00 AM CST. 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
Feb 23, 2026, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2026, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2026, 7:00 PM CST
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, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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
Feb 22, 10:01 PM CSTFire Weather WatchLUBBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 11 more13 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.