Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2012, 6:48 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 22, 2012, 6:48 PM CST (00:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
All 24 counties
Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 5595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WWUS84 KSJT 230048 RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 648 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY... .SURFACE WINDS WILL BE WEAKENING THIS EVENING AS THE GROUND COOLS AND DECOUPLES THE FASTER WINDS TO ABOVE THE SURFACE...AND HAVE LET RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRE THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA MID THURSDAY CAUSING DRY 20 FOOT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF FAST AND DRY WEST WINDS WILL ELEVATE FIRE DANGER TO RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS... HENCE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM THURSDAY. TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076-077-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168-170-231300- /O.UPG.KSJT.FW.A.0002.120223T1800Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0004.120223T1700Z-120224T0000Z/ FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR- CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-MASON- 648 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...FISHER...NOLAN...STERLING...COKE... RUNNELS...IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...CROCKETT... SCHLEICHER...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...JONES...SHACKELFORD... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...BROWN...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA... MENARD...MASON. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10-15 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TXZ078-169-231300- /O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0004.120223T1700Z-120224T0000Z/ SUTTON-KIMBLE- 648 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...SUTTON...KIMBLE. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT
2 follow-up statements
343 WWUS84 KSJT 230059 CCA RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 657 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY... .SURFACE WINDS WILL BE WEAKENING THIS EVENING AS THE GROUND COOLS AND DECOUPLES THE FASTER WINDS TO ABOVE THE SURFACE...AND HAVE LET RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRE THIS EVENING. A RAPIDLY MOVING SURFACE TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA MID THURSDAY CAUSING DRY 20 FOOT WEST WINDS TO INCREASE RAPIDLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF FAST AND DRY WEST WINDS WILL ELEVATE FIRE DANGER TO RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS... HENCE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM THURSDAY. TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076-077-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168-170-231315- /O.UPG.KSJT.FW.A.0002.120223T1800Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.COR.KSJT.FW.W.0004.120223T1700Z-120224T0000Z/ FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR- CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-MASON- 657 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...FISHER...NOLAN...STERLING...COKE... RUNNELS...IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...CROCKETT... SCHLEICHER...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...JONES...SHACKELFORD... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...BROWN...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA... MENARD...MASON. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10-15 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TXZ078-169-231315- /O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0004.120223T1700Z-120224T0000Z/ SUTTON-KIMBLE- 657 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...SUTTON...KIMBLE. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT
617 WWUS84 KSJT 231138 RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 538 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY... .STRONG WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR NEAR THE SURFACE WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-240000- /O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0004.120223T1700Z-120224T0000Z/ FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 538 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST TO 6 PM CST TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...FISHER...NOLAN...STERLING...COKE... RUNNELS...IRION...TOM GREEN...CONCHO...CROCKETT... SCHLEICHER... SUTTON...HASKELL...THROCKMORTON...JONES...SHACKELFORD... TAYLOR...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...BROWN...MCCULLOCH...SAN SABA...MENARD...KIMBLE...MASON. * WINDS AT 20 FEET...WEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. && $$ HUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 4:44 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | SJT | Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Haskell, Jones and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:53 AM CST | Wind Advisory | SJT | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Fisher, Haskell and 9 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.