Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2009, 3:50 PM CDT for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Mar 26, 2009, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 10:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KEWX 262050 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 350 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY... ...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INCLUDING VAL VERDE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY BRINGING DRY AIR AND STRONG...GUSTY...NORTHWEST WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO THE MID TEENS AROUND NOON FRIDAY ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS DRY AIR WILL SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON EVENTUALLY REACHING THE AREA FROM KERR TO ATASCOSA COUNTIES. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE DRY AIR WITH 20 FOOT WINDS REACHING 25 MPH IN SOME PLACES WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BACK ABOVE 20 PERCENT AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BY LATE EVENING FRIDAY...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG. TXZ183-184-270100- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0007.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KEWX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090327T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS- 350 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY UNTIL 8 PM CDT. BREEZY CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND VAL VERDE COUNTY. EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE MID TEENS AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ185>187-202>204-217>220-228-270100- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0007.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 350 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE MID TEENS AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS84 KEWX 262318 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 618 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY BRINGING DRY AIR AND STRONG...GUSTY...NORTHWEST WINDS TO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO THE MID TEENS AROUND NOON FRIDAY ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS DRY AIR WILL SPREAD EASTWARD DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON EVENTUALLY REACHING THE AREA FROM KERR TO ATASCOSA COUNTIES. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE DRY AIR WITH 20 FOOT WINDS REACHING 25 MPH IN SOME PLACES WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BACK ABOVE 20 PERCENT AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BY LATE EVENING FRIDAY...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG. TXZ183-184-271200- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090327T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS- 618 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE MID TEENS AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ TXZ185>187-202>204-217>220-228-271200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO- ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 618 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT FRIDAY... ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO THE MID TEENS AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 271147 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 647 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING... ...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY DRY AIR...AND A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND NOON TODAY OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE DAY...AND A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE DRY AIR WITH 20 FOOT WINDS REACHING 25 MPH IN SOME PLACES WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BACK ABOVE 20 PERCENT AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BY LATE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK INTO THE TEENS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ203-204-219-220-271300- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1800Z-090328T0300Z/ UVALDE-MEDINA-FRIO-ATASCOSA- 647 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR UVALDE...MEDINA...FRIO... AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES DUE TO RAINFALL... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER UVALDE...MEDINA...FRIO...AND ATASCOSA COUNTIES...THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR HAS TEMPORARILY DECREASED. WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND ANOTHER WINDY AND DRY DAY IS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. THESE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FIRE SPREAD BY SATURDAY...INCLUDING UVALDE...MEDINA...FRIO...ATASCOSA COUNTIES. $$ TXZ188>190-280400- /O.EXB.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1700Z-090328T0400Z/ GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- 647 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. EXPECT GUSTY WEST WINDS TO SPREAD EAST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AS EARLY AS NOON...WITH AREAS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE LIKELY TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR A FEW HOURS. 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 20 PERCENT LATE THIS EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DROP BY AROUND 10 MPH. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD AGAIN FALL INTO THE TEENS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$ TXZ183>187-202-217-218-228-280400- /O.EXT.KEWX.FW.W.0009.090327T1700Z-090328T0400Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-KINNEY-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 647 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... EXPECT GUSTY WEST WINDS TO SPREAD EAST INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AS EARLY AS NOON...WITH AREAS NEAR THE RIO GRANDE LIKELY TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR A FEW HOURS. 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS BEHIND THE FRONT COULD INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 20 PERCENT LATE THIS EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DROP BY AROUND 10 MPH. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD AGAIN FALL INTO THE TEENS. 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 272048 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 348 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL HAS BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR...AND A POTENT COLD FRONT TO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 20S AND TEENS HAVE SETTLED INTO THE REGION. THIS DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS HAVE ACCOMPANIED THE DRY AIR WITH 20 FOOT WINDS REACHING 25 MPH IN SOME PLACES WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BACK ABOVE 20 PERCENT AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BY LATE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK INTO THE TEENS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUS...A SECOND RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS SATURDAY EVENING. TXZ183>190-202-217-218-228-280500- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0010.090328T1700Z-090329T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090328T0400Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- KINNEY-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 348 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE 20 PERCENT LATE THIS EVENING...AND OVERNIGHT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD DROP BY AROUND 10 MPH. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S AND UPPER TEENS. 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. && $$ TXZ171-172-203>207-219>222-280500- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0010.090328T1700Z-090329T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES- 348 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT STRONG WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR TO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS. 20-FT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY LATE MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE 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. && $$
000 WWUS84 KEWX 280312 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1012 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL HAS BROUGHT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...VERY DRY AIR...AND A POTENT COLD FRONT TO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK INTO THE TEENS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUS A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS SATURDAY EVENING. TXZ183>190-202-217-218-228-281115- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090328T0400Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0010.090328T1700Z-090329T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO- KINNEY-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 1012 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT LATE THIS EVENING AND WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO 10 TO 15 MPH. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S AND UPPER TEENS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$ TXZ171-172-203>207-219>222-281115- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0010.090328T1700Z-090329T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-FRIO-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES- 1012 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENT LATE THIS EVENING AND WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO 10 TO 15 MPH. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S AND UPPER TEENS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:04 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Zavala | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Wilson | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 25 more | 29 hr |
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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.