Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Apr 11, 2011, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 11, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 11, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS84 KEWX 112026
RFWEWX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
326 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...
KINNEY AND MAVERICK COUNTIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 8 PM FOR BREEZY AND DRY 
CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS... 

.GUSTY WINDS FROM A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL RELAX FROM
WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE
AIR MASS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY...AND
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS
PLATEAU TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MAKING FOR ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOISTURE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO BE GOOD
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

TXZ171>173-185>194-203>209-218>225-228-120100-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110412T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0011.110411T2100Z-110412T0100Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-
BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-
GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-
GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
326 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...IMPROVING ONLY SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING. 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST TO NEAR 30 MPH THROUGH AROUND 6
PM...WITH WINDS DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...AND MORE BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR
WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

TXZ183-184-202-217-112130-
/O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110411T2100Z/
VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY-MAVERICK-
326 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED
THE RED FLAG WARNING. 

EXPECT WINDS OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...
VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY
EVENING.

$$

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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.