Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2014, 11:02 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- 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 16:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:30 PM CDT | WILDFIRE 40 | 8 Nne Leming, TX | BRUSH FIRE IN THE 3100 BLOCK OF OWENWOOD IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN BEXAR COUNTY. BURNED 40 ACRES AND 100 PERCENT CONTAINED. 2 STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED. |
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, 4.0 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
- 3785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WWUS84 KEWX 281602 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1102 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS... .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 TODAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AS A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY LATE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH THE TEENS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...AND FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS OUT WEST...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-290415- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0005.140428T1602Z-140429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.A.0005.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 1102 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * 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...AROUND 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 4 DAYS. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. 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. && $$ TXZ193-194-207>209-221>225-290415- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.A.0005.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- 1102 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... BASTROP...LEE...GUADALUPE...CALDWELL...FAYETTE...WILSON... KARNES...GONZALES...DE WITT...LAVACA. * 20-FOOT WIND...AROUND 15 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 4 DAYS. MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
2 follow-up statements
969 WWUS84 KEWX 282055 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 355 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN FORECAST ON TUESDAY AS A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY LATE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH THE TEENS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...AND FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS OUT WEST...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AREAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35 HAVE SEEN GOOD GREEN UP THIS SPRING AND VEGETATION DOES NOT SUPPORT QUICK SPREADING FIRES. CAUTION SHOULD STILL BE USED IN THESE SOUTHEAST AREAS AS DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS CAN STILL POSE A FIRE HAZARD. TXZ193-194-207>209-221>225-282200- /O.CAN.KEWX.FW.A.0005.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ BASTROP-LEE-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES- DE WITT-LAVACA- 355 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 35 INCLUDING THE COASTAL PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY. WHILE HUMIDITIES AND WINDS WILL BE AT OR BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA ON TUESDAY...RECENT GREEN UP IN THE AREA WILL LIMIT ANY QUICK SPREAD OF FIRES. EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD STILL BE USED ON TUESDAY. $$ TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-291200- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0005.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0006.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0100Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 355 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...THE FOLLOWING SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES... LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...VAL VERDE...EDWARDS...REAL... KERR...BANDERA...GILLESPIE...KENDALL...BLANCO...HAYS... TRAVIS...KINNEY...UVALDE...MEDINA...BEXAR...COMAL... MAVERICK...ZAVALA...FRIO...ATASCOSA...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ FOR INFORMATION ON BURN BANS PLEASE VISIT THE TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER WEBSITE AT: TICC.TAMU.EDU
924 WWUS84 KEWX 290122 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 822 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 ON TUESDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BY LATE MORNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REACH THE TEENS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...AND FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS OUT WEST...DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AREAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 35 HAVE SEEN GOOD GREEN UP THIS SPRING AND VEGETATION DOES NOT SUPPORT QUICK SPREADING FIRES. CAUTION SHOULD STILL BE USED IN THESE SOUTHEAST AREAS AS DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS CAN STILL POSE A FIRE HAZARD. TXZ171>173-183>192-202>206-217>220-228-291330- /O.EXP.KEWX.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140429T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0006.140429T1500Z-140430T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-KINNEY-UVALDE-MEDINA-BEXAR- COMAL-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-FRIO-ATASCOSA-DIMMIT- 822 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 FOR EARLY THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENIG. WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AND AVERAGING FROM 5 TO 10 MPH WITH FEW STATIONS REPORTING AROUND 10 TO 14 MPH RANGE. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS REPORTING LOWER 20S. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO RECOVER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BEFORE A DRY COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA AROUND DAWN/EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS OUT WEST. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TUESDAY 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...ATASCOSA...DIMMIT. * 20-FOOT WIND...AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NONE. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 17 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.