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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 15, 20064 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2006, 3:53 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2006, 11:00 AM 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 15, 2006, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 35 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-04-15Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS84 KCRP 150853
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
353 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

TXZ241>244-151700-
/O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0021.060415T1600Z-060415T2300Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
353 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND DUE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST
WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE MID TO LATE
MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG INTO THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GUST AT
TIMES OVER 30 MPH IN SOME AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. IN
ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP AT OR BELOW 40 PERCENT
ACROSS LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE WATER IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS DURING THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL
RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY AS WELL AS CONDITIONS THAT ARE
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL FIRES.

IF A WILDFIRE DOES DEVELOP AND ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK...
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE.
MAYORS AND/OR COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WITHIN TEXAS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

JR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS84 KCRP 151715
RFWCRP

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1215 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

TXZ241>244-152300-
/O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060415T2300Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
1215 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND DUE TO STRONG WIND...
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE COUNTIES OF SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...KLEBERG
AND JIM WELLS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR
OVER THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 TO 40 PERCENT ACROSS THE INLAND
PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE COMBINATION OF THE THESE WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
EXTREMELY DRY FUELS DURING THE ONGOING DROUGHT WILL RESULT IN A
HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY AS WELL AS CONDITIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO
CONTROL FIRES.

IF A WILDFIRE DOES DEVELOP AND ESCAPES AN INITIAL ATTACK...
RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY FOR A SAFE ZONE.
MAYORS AND/OR COUNTY JUDGES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DEMAND
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS WITHIN TEXAS.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

$$

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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.