Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2006, 7:46 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 5, 2006, 7:46 AM CDT (12:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KBRO 051246 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 746 AM CDT WED APR 5 2006 TXZ250>255-052100- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0005.060405T1500Z-060406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0013.060405T1700Z-060406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.A.0006.060406T1700Z-060407T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- 746 AM CDT WED APR 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH WINDY...HOT AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY EXTREMELY HIGH. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WILL AGAIN INCREASE SURFACE AND 20 FOOT WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GIVEN THESE FORECAST CONDITIONS FIRE DANGER ELEMENT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN EXTREMELY HIGH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ TXZ256-257-052100- /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0013.060405T1700Z-060406T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.A.0006.060406T1700Z-060407T0000Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 746 AM CDT WED APR 5 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:46 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.