Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2009, 3:48 AM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2009, 11:00 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
- Mar 3, 2009, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2009, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2009, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
All 24 counties
Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 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 KFWD 030948 RFWFWD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 348 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .BY LATE MORNING...SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE SOUTH WINDS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS TO 30 PERCENT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE...BUT BREEZY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>159-031800- /O.NEW.KFWD.FW.W.0009.090303T1700Z-090304T0200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- 348 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. 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 DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. $$ 82/JLD
3 follow-up statements
698 WWUS44 KFWD 031707 RFWFWD RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1110 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... .SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH TODAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE SOUTH WINDS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS LOW AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS TO 30 PERCENT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AS THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE...BUT BREEZY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT. TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>159-032200- /O.NEW.KFWD.FW.W.0009.090303T1700Z-090304T0200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- 1110 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. $$
000 WWUS84 KFWD 032114 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 314 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>159-040200- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090304T0200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- 314 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT WILL COMBINE TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR THROUGH 8 PM. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. $$
000 WWUS84 KFWD 040135 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 735 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8PM... TXZ091-092-100>103-115>118-129>133-141>145-156>159-040245- /O.EXP.KFWD.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090304T0200Z/ MONTAGUE-COOKE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER- TARRANT-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN- 735 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 10 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8PM. $$
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 2, 11:11 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 11:11 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1111 PM CST MON MAR 2 2009 .AVIATION... /06Z TAFS/ LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS TAFS. EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25KTS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS AROUND 1000FT SHOULD MOVE INTO SITES NEAR DAWN WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL ALLOW 12Z TAFS TO ASSESS. SCHULTZ && .UPDATE... STREAM OF HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AROUND PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGING THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE HIGH CLOUDS TO LINGER AROUND FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE THINNING OUT AROUND MORNING. LITTLE CHANGE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST OTHER THAN TO TWEAK THE SKY GRIDS AND UPDATE HOURLY TRENDS. WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE 4-7 DEGREES WARMER TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 91/DUNN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 252 PM CST MON MAR 2 2009/ WARM UP EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WARMEST DAY THIS WEEK. DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WHEN UPPER RIDGE FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...ALLOWING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW IN THE PLAINS TO HELP OPEN UP THE GULF. HUMIDITY RETURNS BY WEDNESDAY WHEN 50S DEW POINTS MAKE IT TO EASTERN THREE FOURTHS OF NORTH TEXAS...WITH 60S DEW POINTS EXPECTED IN EASTERN AREAS BY SATURDAY AS WELL. ON SUNDAY...UPPER DISTURBANCE IS PROGGED BY GFS TO MOVE THROUGH AREA. ECMWF HAS THIS DISTURBANCE FARTHER WEST AND HAS MORE ISOLATED POPS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...SO LOWERED SUNDAY CHANCES TO SLIGHT AND KEPT MONDAY AT SLIGHT CHANCE AS WELL. FIRE DANGER REMAINS ELEVATED IN WESTERN COUNTIES TUESDAY...AS WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR OR BELOW 30 PERCENT OCCUR. THE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN WESTERN COUNTIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 40 67 50 78 60 / 0 0 0 0 5 WACO, TX 39 68 53 78 60 / 0 0 0 0 5 PARIS, TX 32 59 40 69 55 / 0 0 0 0 5 DENTON, TX 40 67 50 79 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 MCKINNEY, TX 35 63 48 74 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 DALLAS, TX 41 65 52 74 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 TERRELL, TX 37 63 49 73 59 / 0 0 0 0 5 CORSICANA, TX 37 65 49 75 60 / 0 0 0 0 5 TEMPLE, TX 38 68 52 77 60 / 0 0 0 0 5 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 6:58 PM CST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 658 PM CST MON MAR 2 2009 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-040100- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 658 PM CST MON MAR 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH SUNDAY... GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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.