Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 19, 2012, 3:51 AM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 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
- Dec 19, 2012, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:35 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
Counties Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Jack County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 4052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673 WWUS84 KFWD 190951 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 351 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 TXZ100-101-115-116-129-191800- /O.UPG.KFWD.FW.A.0001.121219T1900Z-121220T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KFWD.FW.W.0002.121219T1900Z-121220T0100Z/ YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-EASTLAND- 351 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO BOWIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$ TXZ091-102-117-130-141-142-191800- /O.NEW.KFWD.FW.W.0002.121219T1900Z-121220T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-WISE-PARKER-ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- 351 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO BOWIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 091 MONTAGUE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 WISE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 117 PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 130 ERATH...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 141 COMANCHE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 142 MILLS. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL DROP TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. AVOID ALL OUTSIDE BURNING AND WELDING TODAY. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
768 WWUS84 KFWD 191803 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1203 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129-130-141-142-200100- /O.CON.KFWD.FW.W.0002.121219T1900Z-121220T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- 1203 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO BOWIE... * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ENDANGER LIVES AND PROPERTY. 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. && $$
051 WWUS84 KFWD 192335 RFWFWD URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 535 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 TXZ091-100>102-115>117-129-130-141-142-200045- /O.CAN.KFWD.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T0100Z/ MONTAGUE-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND- ERATH-COMANCHE-MILLS- 535 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING NOW THAT THE SUN HAS SET...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO INCREASE. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:58 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 19, 11:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Ellis, Falls, Hamilton and 8 more | 5 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.