Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2011, 3:05 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 3:00 PM 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
- Feb 26, 2011, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2011, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 11:33 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Jack County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 558 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 634 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
657 WWUS84 KFWD 262105 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 305 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 TXZ091-102-117-131-132-144-156-157-262215- /O.CAN.KFWD.FW.A.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ MONTAGUE-WISE-PARKER-HOOD-SOMERVELL-BOSQUE-LAMPASAS-CORYELL- 305 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF THE REGION SUNDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER A DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. $$ TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-270500- /O.UPG.KFWD.FW.A.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.FW.W.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 305 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A DRYLINE WILL APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BEHIND THE DRYLINE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INITIALLY DROP TO NEAR 20 PERCENT THEN SLOWLY RISE. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. && $$ 85/NH
5 follow-up statements
204 WWUS84 KFWD 270444 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1044 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-271245- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 1044 PM CST SAT FEB 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA SUNDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED WEST OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE LIKELY AFTER THE DRYLINE PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT BY EARLY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RISE AS THE AIR TURNS COOLER LATER IN THE EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME 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. && $$
178 WWUS84 KFWD 271025 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 425 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-271830- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 425 AM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER THE DRYLINE PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT BY EARLY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RISE AS THE AIR TURNS COOLER LATER IN THE EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. && $$ 07
596 WWUS84 KFWD 271807 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1207 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-280200- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0002.110227T2100Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 1207 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER THE DRYLINE PASSES. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT BY EARLY EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RISE AS THE AIR TURNS COOLER LATER IN THE EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS WEST OF A JACKSBORO TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME 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. && $$
720 WWUS84 KFWD 280133 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 733 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-280600- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 733 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE DRY LINE HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...DECREASING HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH WINDS AT 730 PM ARE LIGHTER...A DRY PACIFIC FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INCREASE WINDS ONCE AGAIN. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SWITCH TO WEST NORTHWEST AND ONCE AGAIN GUST INTO THE MID 20 MPH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. && $$
076 WWUS84 KFWD 280533 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1133 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL HUMIDITIES ARE INCREASING. TXZ100-101-115-116-129-130-141>143-280645- /O.CAN.KFWD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110228T0600Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- HAMILTON- 1133 PM CST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH WILL EXPIRE THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL HUMIDITIES ARE INCREASING. $$
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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.