Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jan 10, 2008, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 10, 2008, 9:00 AM CST

Expired

Jan 10, 2008, 6:00 PM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS84 KEWX 101245
RFWEWX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
645 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST FOR MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A TAYLOR TO LOCKHART TO KENEDY
LINE. WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND ANOTHER
DRY COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE MARGINALLY STRONG WITH 20-FOOT
SPEEDS EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 15 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS. DRY AIR
SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST SHOULD RESULT IN MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND ANOTHER DRY FRONT IS EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY.

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>208-217>222-228-102300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0002.080110T1500Z-080110T2300Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-
COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-
KARNES-DIMMIT-
645 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

EXPECT WINDS BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT TO INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH
AFTER BY AROUND 9 AM. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL BRING MUCH DRIER AIR
IN FROM THE WEST WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE MID
TEENS TO MID 20S. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY 5 PM...BUT HUMIDITIES
WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER BREEZY AND
DRY DAY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY.

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 102208
RFWEWX

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
408 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR MOST OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...

.A RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A TAYLOR TO
LOCKHART TO KENEDY LINE. THE WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE IN WAKE OF THE DRY COLD FRONT THAT PASSED ACROSS
THE AREA EARLIER TODAY. WINDS WILL BE MARGINALLY STRONG WITH
20-FOOT SPEEDS EXPECTED TO HOVER AROUND 15 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS.
DRY AIR SPREADING IN FROM THE WEST SHOULD RESULT IN MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE. CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND ANOTHER DRY FRONT IS EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY.

TXZ171>173-183>192-202>208-217>222-228-110000-
/O.EXT.KEWX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080111T0000Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-
COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-
KARNES-DIMMIT-
408 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...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. 

DRY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN WAKE OF A 
DRY COLD FRONT...THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY.
DRIER AIR COMING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND 
NORTHWEST WILL KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE MID TEENS
TO MID 20S. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE BY 6 PM...HOWEVER
THE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.
ANOTHER BREEZY AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED SATURDAY.

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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