Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 30, 2006, 2:21 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 30, 2006, 8:34 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Nov 30, 2006, 2:21 AM CST (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 30, 2006, 8:34 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KBRO 300821 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 221 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FOR WESTERN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT COOLER...WINDS AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...THE FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL VALUES AND HUMIDITY TO INCREASE. TXZ250-251-253>257-300930- /O.CAN.KBRO.FW.A.0009.061130T1800Z-061201T0600Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 221 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ TXZ248-249-252-010000- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0009.061130T1800Z-061201T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0021.061130T1800Z-061201T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- 221 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. SURFACE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BELOW 35 PERCENT ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ 54
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KBRO 301434 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 834 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THE MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER...WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE NEAR CRITICAL VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING...THE FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL VALUES. TXZ250-251-253>255-010000- /O.EXB.KBRO.FW.W.0021.061130T1434Z-061201T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- 834 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. SURFACE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT QUICKLY. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$ TXZ248-249-252-010000- /O.EXT.KBRO.FW.W.0021.061130T1434Z-061201T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- 834 AM CST THU NOV 30 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. SURFACE WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BELOW 35 PERCENT BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION OF STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:58 AM CST | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 8 hr | |
| Nov 30, 8:04 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 12 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.