Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 21, 2012, 1:14 PM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM 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
- Jan 21, 2012, 1:14 PM CST (19:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 23 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Comal County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney 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, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 2849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350 WWUS84 KEWX 211914 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 114 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM SUNDAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON FOR A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING...BRINGING MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AFTER THE MOST BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS OCCUR IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ONLY SLOWLY RECOVERING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-221200- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0001.120122T1600Z-120123T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0001.120122T1600Z-120123T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 114 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY FOR A DRY FRONT ACROSS COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON LINE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA...DUE TO THE UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL... KERR...BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS... TRAVIS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL... MAVERICK...ZAVALA...FRIO...ATASCOSA...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAN MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
3 follow-up statements
887 WWUS84 KEWX 220950 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 350 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON FOR A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...BRINGING MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AFTER THE MOST BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS OCCUR IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ONLY SLOWLY RECOVERING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-230100- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.120122T1600Z-120123T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 350 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR A DRY FRONT ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GEORGETOWN TO AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO TO PLEASANTON... * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL... KERR...BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS... TRAVIS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL... MAVERICK...ZAVALA...FRIO...ATASCOSA...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAN MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
185 WWUS84 KEWX 221730 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1130 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE I-35 CORRIDOR COUNTIES WAS CANCELLED FOR TODAY DUE TO LIGHTER WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM TODAY FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BURNET TO BOERNE TO EAGLE PASS FOR A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE... .A DRY COLD FRONT MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY HAS ARRIVED SLIGHTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE I-35 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS AND HUMIDITIES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS ALONG AND WEST OF A BURNET TO EAGLE PASS LINE...AND A RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES FOR THAT PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. AFTER THE MOST BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS OCCUR IN THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ONLY SLOWLY RECOVERING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TXZ173-191-192-205-206-219-220-228-221830- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120123T0100Z/ WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-BEXAR-COMAL-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 1130 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR A DRY FRONT WAS CANCELLED FOR WILLIAMSON...HAYS...TRAVIS...BEXAR...COMAL...FRIO...ATASCOSA...AND DIMMIT COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE I-35 CORRIDOR COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE I-35 CORRIDOR FOR AN HOUR OR TWO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS AND HUMIDITIES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG LEVELS. $$ TXZ171-172-183>190-202>204-217-218-230100- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120123T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- 1130 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR A DRY FRONT ACROSS COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A BURNET TO BOERNE TO EAGLE PASS LINE... * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL...KERR... BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...KINNEY...UVALDE... MEDINA...MAVERICK...ZAVALA. * 20-FOOT WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAN MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
232 WWUS84 KEWX 230113 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 713 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. RH VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT CAN STILL BE EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ELEVATED AREAS. HOWEVER...20-FT WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. TXZ171-172-183>190-202>204-217-218-230215- /O.EXP.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120123T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-GILLESPIE- KENDALL-BLANCO-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- 713 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF A BURNET TO BOERNE TO EAGLE PASS LINE... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. RH VALUES BELOW 30 PERCENT CAN STILL BE EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ELEVATED AREAS. HOWEVER...20-FT WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
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.