Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Oct 26, 2006, 11:13 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 27, 2006, 10:00 AM 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
- Oct 26, 2006, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 33 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 KEWX 270413 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1113 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A FAST MOVING COOL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OVERNIGHT...BRINGING STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND AND BELOW 25 PERCENT...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS REACHING 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-271215- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0024.061027T1500Z-061027T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0039.061027T1500Z-061027T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 1113 PM CDT THU OCT 26 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY FRIDAY. COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...THIS WILL CREATE A FIRE DANGER FOR THE REGION IN THE LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR AND BELOW 25 PERCENT. BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE 25 PERCENT...AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 15 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KEWX 271008 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 508 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD MUCH DRIER AIR INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. BY LATE THIS MORNING...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BELOW 25 PERCENT...AS NORTHWEST WINDS REACH 15 TO 25 MPH. TXZ173-193-194-208-209-223>225-271115- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0039.061027T1500Z-061027T2300Z/ WILLIAMSON-BASTROP-LEE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 508 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GEORGETOWN TO LULING TO YORKTOWN LINE. ALTHOUGH NEAR RED FLAG WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...MOISTURE LEVELS IN THE GROUND AND VEGETATION WERE EXPECTED TO REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO LIMIT SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE POTENTIAL. $$ TXZ171-172-183>192-202>207-217>222-228-272300- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0039.061027T1500Z-061027T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-DIMMIT- 508 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...EFFECTIVE FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA INCLUDES COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A BURNET TO KYLE TO KENEDY LINE. DESPITE NEAR NORMAL RAINS OVER MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS...MOST AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LESS THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE WILDLAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM INDICATES A HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR TODAY ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY... COUPLED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT FOR MUCH OF THE DAYTIME HOURS. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE CONDITION FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY 6 PM AS 20-FOOT WINDS DIMINISH TO BELOW 15 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 272310 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 610 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS LOOSENING AND WINDS ARE DECREASING RAPIDLY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE BELOW 25 PERCENT, BUT WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING FAST, THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RISE ABOVE 25 PERCENT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. TXZ171-172-183>192-202>207-217>222-228-280015- /O.EXP.KEWX.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-061027T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-DIMMIT- 610 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 20 FOOT WINDS ARE DECREASING TO LESS THAN 15 MPH AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. ALSO WITH THE APPROACH OF SUNSET, TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING RAPIDLY ALLOWING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO RISE ABOVE 25 PERCENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 33 min |
| Oct 27, 7:33 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 16 more | 7 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.