Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2009, 3:06 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2009, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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 19, 2009, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2009, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 21:04 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, 9.1 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
- 4797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 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 192106 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 306 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AGAIN ON TUESDAY. MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT HAVE MIXED TO THE SURFACE TODAY AND WILL DO SO AGAIN ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN REDEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-200515- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0002.090120T1600Z-090121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0002.090120T1500Z-090121T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090120T0000Z/ 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- 306 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN THE TEENS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. AFTER A SLIGHT RECOVERY TONIGHT...THEY WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AGAIN ON TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AND THEN INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH ON TUESDAY. 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. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KEWX 200341 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 941 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL AGAIN MIX TO THE SURFACE ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-201145- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.090120T1500Z-090121T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 941 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE A SLIGHT RECOVERY TONIGHT...THEN FALL INTO THE TEENS AGAIN ON TUESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL RETURN TUESDAY MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 201034 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 434 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY TUESDAY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST... .A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH TODAY. MODERATE NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL AGAIN MIX TO THE SURFACE TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL REDEVELOP TODAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-202200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.090120T1500Z-090121T0000Z/ 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- 434 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AGAIN TODAY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS PICKUP TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. 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. $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 202143 RFWEWX RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 343 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THROUGH 6 PM CST... TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-210000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090121T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 343 PM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE LESS THAN 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AS NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 8:40 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
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.