Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 6, 2007, 2:02 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 6, 2007, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 2016 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KBRO 061902 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 202 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR INLAND SECTIONS ON THURSDAY... .20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS NEARING 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 2 TO 4 HOURS OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE EXTREME ALLOWING FOR FUELS TO DRY OUT QUICKLY FROM OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. TXZ248>250-252-253-070300- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0005.070607T1500Z-070608T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0002.070607T1800Z-070608T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- 202 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...STARR... BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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 IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KBRO 070219 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 919 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR INLAND SECTIONS ON THURSDAY... .20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS NEARING 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 2 TO 4 HOURS OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE EXTREME ALLOWING FOR FUELS TO DRY OUT QUICKLY FROM OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. TXZ248>250-252-253-071030- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0002.070607T1800Z-070608T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- 919 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...STARR... BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. $$
000 WWUS84 KBRO 070215 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 930 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR INLAND SECTIONS ON THURSDAY... .20 FOOT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 MPH WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS NEARING 35 PERCENT THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 2 TO 4 HOURS OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE EXTREME ALLOWING FOR FUELS TO DRY OUT QUICKLY FROM OVERNIGHT RECOVERY. TXZ248>250-252-253-071100- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0002.070607T1800Z-070608T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- 930 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...STARR... BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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 IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. $$
000 WWUS84 KBRO 071030 RFWBRO RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 530 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR INLAND SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE TWENTY FOOT WINDS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL ALSO DECREASE TO 35 PERCENT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WITH FUELS DRYING OUT QUICKLY. THEREFORE...EXPECT 2 TO 4 HOURS OF EXTREME FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. TXZ248>250-252-253-080000- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0002.070607T1800Z-070608T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- 530 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...BROOKS...STARR...AND HIDALGO COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL IF FIRE IGNITION OCCURS. $$
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.