Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2011, 3:24 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2011, 9:00 AM 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 33 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
976 WWUS84 KEWX 142024 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 324 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE...KINNEY...AND EDWARDS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .LATE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG AND VERY DRY WEST WINDS WILL MIX FROM ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS BEHIND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY-LINE. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO BRACKETTVILLE LINE...WITH ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FARTHER EAST TO NEAR A MOUNTAIN HOME TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND 9 AM. NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SUBSIDE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. TXZ183-184-202-150100- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0006.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY- 324 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS BEHIND A DRY-LINE OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFFECTING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS OCCASIONALLY REACHING SPEED OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THE BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE AT AROUND SUNSET... WITH THE DRY-LINE EXPECTED TO RETREAT WEST SLIGHTLY LATE THIS EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS EARLY AS 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...WITH MIDDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY 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. && $$ TXZ171>173-185>194-203>209-217>225-228-150100- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0006.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL- BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON- KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 324 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFFECTING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS TIME. A DRY COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS EARLY AS 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...WITH MIDDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SOUTH WINDS WILL RETURN AND BECOME BREEZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
359 WWUS84 KEWX 142030 CCA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 330 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR VAL VERDE...KINNEY...AND EDWARDS COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFFECTING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .LATE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG AND VERY DRY WEST WINDS WILL MIX FROM ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND THE NORTHERN PART OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS BEHIND AN EASTWARD MOVING DRY-LINE. EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS GENERALLY WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO BRACKETTVILLE LINE...WITH ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FARTHER EAST TO NEAR A MOUNTAIN HOME TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND 9 AM. NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SUBSIDE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. TXZ183-184-202-150115- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0006.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110415T0100Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY- 330 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS BEHIND A DRY-LINE OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFFECTING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. EXPECT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS OCCASIONALLY REACHING SPEED OF 15 TO 20 MPH. THE BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SUBSIDE AT AROUND SUNSET... WITH THE DRY-LINE EXPECTED TO RETREAT WEST SLIGHTLY LATE THIS EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS EARLY AS 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...WITH MIDDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY 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. && $$ TXZ171>173-185>194-203>209-217>225-228-150115- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0006.110415T1500Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE-KENDALL- BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON- KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 330 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY AND DRY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT AFFECTING ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS TIME. A DRY COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AS EARLY AS 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY...WITH MIDDAY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SOUTH WINDS WILL RETURN AND BECOME BREEZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$
919 WWUS84 KEWX 150140 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 840 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS 9 AM. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-151200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 840 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS EARLY AS 9 AM. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SOUTH WINDS WILL RETURN AND BECOME BREEZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
448 WWUS84 KEWX 151104 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 604 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM CDT TODAY FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. BREEZY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AS EARLY AS 9 AM. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-152315- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0013.110415T1400Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 604 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS EARLY AS 9 AM. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL RETURN AND BECOME BREEZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && $$
570 WWUS84 KEWX 151827 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 127 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR VERY DRY BREEZY CONDITIONS... .A DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 MPH HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...AND BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS FROM SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SATURDAY. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-160000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 127 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A DRY AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 MPH HAVE RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
464 WWUS84 KEWX 160011 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 711 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINING IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-160115- /O.EXP.KEWX.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 711 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINING IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.