Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 11, 2008, 9:53 PM CST for 17 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2008, 4:12 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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
- Jan 11, 2008, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2008, 4:12 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2008, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 3386 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 120353 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 953 PM CST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NEARBY PLAINS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF A JUNO TO BRACKETTVILLE TO UVALDE TO CATARINA LINE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WHILE 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE APPROACHED. TXZ183-202-203-217-218-228-121200- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0003.080112T1800Z-080112T2300Z/ VAL VERDE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 953 PM CST FRI JAN 11 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 5 PM CST SATURDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WHILE 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS RAPIDLY DECREASE TOWARD SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER. 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. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KEWX 121012 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 412 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 20 MPH... .A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ...NEARBY PLAINS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A BURNET TO BOERNE TO PEARSALL LINE. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT WHILE 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TXZ171-172-184>190-204-219-130200- /O.EXB.KEWX.FW.W.0003.080112T1700Z-080113T0200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- MEDINA-FRIO- 412 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT WHILE 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY RECOVER. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. $$ TXZ183-202-203-217-218-228-130200- /O.EXT.KEWX.FW.W.0003.080112T1700Z-080113T0200Z/ VAL VERDE-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 412 AM CST SAT JAN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT WHILE 20 FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY RECOVER. 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.