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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS San Angelo, TX

February 5, 200819 counties in Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 5, 2008, 3:33 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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
Feb 5, 2008, 3:33 AM CST (09:33 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 5, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 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, Irion County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 4, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 3:15 PM CST, 12 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
315 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-052115-
FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO-
CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-
TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE-
MASON-
315 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TILL 6 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST
OF A OZONA TO SAN ANGELO TO ABILENE TO THROCKMORTON LINE. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS HAVE COMBINED WITH 20 FT WINDS NEAR 20 MPH
TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.
OUTDOOR BURNING OF ANY KIND IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE
HEARTLAND COUNTIES OF BROWN AND SAN SABA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND WILL
COMBINE WITH RETURNING GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A FEW SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE HILL
COUNTRY AND MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR
THE CONCHO VALLEY, HEARTLAND, NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY, AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS PLATEAU. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING, USHERING IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE
REGION. BY AFTERNOON, RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP TO AT OR JUST BELOW 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA AND WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY 20 FT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6
AM TUESDAY FOR BROWN AND SAN SABA COUNTIES.

LACY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 1:53 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
153 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

TXZ140-154-155-050900-
BROWN TX-MCCULLOCH TX-SAN SABA TX-
153 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR BROWN...
MCCULLOCH AND SAN SABA COUNTIES...

AT 148 AM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR OVER SOUTHWESTERN TO
NORTHEASTERN MCCULLOCH COUNTRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO
35 MPH.

* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLACID BY 200 AM CST
  ZEPHYR AND EARLY BY 210 AM CST
  BLANKET BY 220 AM CST

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER
ACTIONS SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 4:11 AM CSTWind AdvisorySJTBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 13 more12 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008

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.