Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 19, 2010, 9:08 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 19, 2010, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 19, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:06 AM CDT, 16 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 506 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-201015- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 506 AM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY LATE THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING OVER THE REST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER...WITH POSSIBLE RED FLAG CONDITIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RG/AK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:40 PM CDT | Gale Warning | CRP | 31 hr | |
| Mar 20, 4:00 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 58 min |
| Mar 20, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Mar 20, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 59 min |
| Mar 20, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Mar 20, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 39 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010
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.