Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2007, 3:28 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2007, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 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
- Mar 2, 2007, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2007, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 21:30 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 12:00Z, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 022128 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 328 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .FIRE DANGERS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND REINFORCED DRY AIR. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-031000- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0004.070303T1500Z-070304T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0006.070303T1500Z-070304T0200Z/ 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- 328 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BEGINNING ON SATURDAY MORNING INCREASING WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION...AND THE FRONT WILL SIMPLY REINFORCE THESE DRY CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...DECREASING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LEVELS. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KEWX 031152 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 552 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .FIRE DANGERS HIGH TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND REINFORCING DRY AIR. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-032000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0006.070303T1500Z-070304T0200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 552 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...AS A NEW DRIER AIRMASS MOVES INTO TEXAS. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS MORNING OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH ALL AREAS AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT AROUND MID AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY VERY DRY ACROSS THE REGION...AND THE NEW AIRMASS WILL SIMPLY REINFORCE THESE DRY CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET... DECREASING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LEVELS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 032133 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 333 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT EARLY THIS EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY... .FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-040200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070304T0200Z/ 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- 333 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE AND NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE WILL CONTINUE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RECOVER ENDING THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. $$
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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.