Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2014, 6:25 AM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 28, 2014, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 28, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755 WWUS84 KEWX 281125 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 625 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE... .IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE DRYLINE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. TXZ183-184-202-203-217-218-228-282300- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0003.140328T1800Z-140328T2300Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 625 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MAVERICK...ZAVALA... DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH * HUMIDITY...10 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. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
1 follow-up statement
658 WWUS84 KEWX 281914 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 214 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE... .IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE DRY LINE...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND EDWARDS PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON. DRY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT. TXZ183-184-202-203-217-218-228-282300- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140328T2300Z/ VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-DIMMIT- 214 PM CDT FRI MAR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF A ROCKSPRINGS TO CARRIZO SPRINGS LINE. * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MAVERICK...ZAVALA... DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Milam | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca, Lee | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 46 min |
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.