Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 19, 2014, 2:48 PM CST for 22 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2014, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 22 counties
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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:25 PM CST | WILDFIRE 0 | 3 Ssw Leon Valley, TX | LARGE BRUSHFIRE IN LEON CREEK FLOOD PLAIN NEAR LOOP 410 AND POTRANCO. 13 UNITS ON SCENE. NO HOMES THREATENED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WWUS84 KEWX 192048 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 248 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .A PACIFIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MUCH DRIER AIR WITH GUSTY WINDS INTO THE HILL COUNTRY LATE MORNING...TO MIDDAY AND NEAR THE I-35 CORRIDOR EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. TXZ193-207-208-192200- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.A.0001.140220T1700Z-140221T0200Z/ BASTROP-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL- 248 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR BASTROP...GUADALUPE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR BASTROP...GUADALUPE AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. WINDS AND HUMIDITIES WILL REACH ELEVATED LEVELS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BUT REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS...SO THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228-200900- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0001.140220T1700Z-140221T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0002.140220T1700Z-140221T0200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- 248 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL...KERR... BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS...TRAVIS... KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL...MAVERICK...ZAVALA... FRIO...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
2 follow-up statements
607 WWUS84 KEWX 201154 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 554 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CST FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .A PACIFIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL BRING MUCH DRIER AIR WITH GUSTY WINDS INTO THE HILL COUNTRY BY LATE MORNING...THE INTO THE I- 35 CORRIDOR EARLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228-210200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.140220T1700Z-140221T0200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- 554 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... * 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...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * 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. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
752 WWUS84 KEWX 202138 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 338 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CST FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .A DRY PACIFIC FRONT HAD PUSHED THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WERE FALLING TO 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE BEHIND THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>219-228-210200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140221T0200Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-DIMMIT- 338 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL... KERR...BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS... TRAVIS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL... MAVERICK...ZAVALA...FRIO...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 5:31 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 13 more | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.