Red Flag Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

Issued

Apr 8, 2009, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 9, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT

Expired

Apr 9, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS San Angelo, TX

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WWUS84 KSJT 081555
RFWSJT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1055 AM CDT WED APR 8 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNSET FOR
ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

.A DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SET UP IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON
THURSDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. A DRYLINE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS BRINGING STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-091000-
/O.UPG.KSJT.FW.A.0016.090409T1600Z-090410T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0021.090409T1500Z-090410T0200Z/
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-
1055 AM CDT WED APR 8 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON
THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO GUST OVER 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE 80S AND IN THE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE
FACTORS WILL RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES
ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT
MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS OF ANY KIND. ACCIDENTAL
IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW VERY 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 090944
RFWSJT

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
444 AM CDT THU APR 9 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNSET
FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...

.DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY. A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS
THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A
DRYLINE WILL SURGE EAST OUT OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING.
STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID-MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL BE COMBINED
WITH A WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS TO CREATE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER DANGER.


TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-
140-154-155-168>170-092100-
/O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0021.090409T1500Z-090410T0200Z/
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-
444 AM CDT THU APR 9 2009

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

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY
MID-MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST OVER 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM WELL INTO THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE FACTORS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES
ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT
MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS OF ANY KIND. ACCIDENTAL
IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW VERY 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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