Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2012, 3:12 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 23, 2012, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
947 WWUS84 KCRP 232112 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 312 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...PRODUCING STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITY VALUES. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ229>234-239>247-240515- /O.UPG.KCRP.FW.A.0003.120224T1700Z-120225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0003.120224T1600Z-120225T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 312 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...CALHOUN. * TIMING...FRIDAY FROM 11 AM THROUGH 6 PM * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS LEADING TO WILDFIRES. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && $$ PZ
3 follow-up statements
414 WWUS84 KCRP 240238 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 838 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...PRODUCING STRONG NORTH WINDS AND DECREASING HUMIDITY VALUES. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ229>234-239>247-241100- /O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0003.120224T1600Z-120225T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 838 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...CALHOUN. * TIMING...FRIDAY FROM 11 AM THROUGH 6 PM * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS LEADING TO WILDFIRES. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && $$ TE
921 WWUS84 KCRP 241046 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 446 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTH TEXAS... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. IN RESPONSE TO THE FRONT...STRONG NORTH WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ229>234-239>247-241900- /O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0003.120224T1600Z-120225T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 446 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG NORTH WIND FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...CALHOUN. * TIMING...TODAY FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM CST. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS LEADING TO WILDFIRES. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && $$ 87
630 WWUS84 KCRP 241758 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1158 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SOUTH TEXAS... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THIS MORNING. HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DECREASED TO THE LOW 20 PERCENT RANGE IN THE WEST...TO THE MID 30S IN THE EAST. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ229>234-239>247-250000- /O.CON.KCRP.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1158 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG NORTH WIND FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG... NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...CALHOUN. * TIMING...TODAY FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM CST. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...20 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MAY CAUSE SPARKS LEADING TO WILDFIRES. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN FIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. && $$ PZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:08 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:41 PM CST | Gale Watch | CRP | 6 hr | |
| Feb 23, 2:41 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 60 hr |
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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.