Red Flag Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

May 1, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)

In effect from

May 1, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT

Expired

May 1, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

000 
WWUS84 KSJT 010910
RFWSJT

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
410 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

.A DRYLINE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON JUST WEST OF A SONORA TO
SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE TO HASKELL LINE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE...AS AFTERNOON
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 20 PERCENT...COMBINE
WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL...TO
PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID AND EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND
SPREAD.

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-012115-
/O.UPG.KSJT.FW.A.0018.080501T1500Z-080502T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0021.080501T1500Z-080502T0100Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-
410 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A DRY LINE WILL MIX FARTHER EAST...RESULTING IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO THE LOW TEENS ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG 20 FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. THIS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL
FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND AREAS WEST OF
SONORA...EDEN...BROWNWOOD LINE.

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING
VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR
FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
GROW RAPIDLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS84 KSJT 011856
RFWSJT

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
156 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST OF THROCKMORTON...BRADY...AND JUNCTION
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO THE IN THE BIG COUNTRY AND AREAS WEST A SONORA...EDEN...BROWNWOOD
LINE THIS AFTERNOON...AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS COMBINE WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL. THIS WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID
AND EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-020100-
/O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080502T0100Z/
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-
156 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

A DRY LINE WILL MIX FARTHER EAST...RESULTING IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG 20 FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. THIS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL
FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND AREAS WEST OF
SONORA...EDEN...BROWNWOOD LINE.

DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING
VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR
FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
GROW RAPIDLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

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.

$$

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