Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 1, 2016, 3:48 PM CST for Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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 1, 2016, 3:48 PM CST (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
866 WWUS84 KBRO 012148 AAA RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 348 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RAPID SPREAD OF WILDFIRES POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET... .THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...HUMIDITY FALLING TO OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...AND RAPIDLY DRYING GRASSLAND AND BRUSH WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR RAPID GROWTH OF WILDFIRES THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ248-249-252-020000- /O.CAN.KBRO.FW.W.0001.160202T2100Z-160203T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0002.160201T2148Z-160202T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- 348 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST TODAY FOR THE COMBINATION OF HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...GUSTY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...AND VERY DRY GRASSES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249 AND 252... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 6 PM CST TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249 AND 252 OR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...AND STARR COUNTY * WIND...FROM THE SOUTH 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH * HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 15 PERCENT OR LOWER THROUGH 5 OR 6 PM * FUELS...1 HOUR AND 10 HOUR FUELS SUCH AS GRASSES AND FINE BRUSH ARE AT MOST RISK. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED IN ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...AND NORTHERN STARR COUNTY * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. NOTE: CORRECTED FOR DATE...WHICH WAS ERRONEOUSLY POSTED AS FEBRUARY 2 AND SHOULD BE FEBRUARY 1...TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REFRAIN FROM DRIVING VEHICLES IN HIGH GRASSES AS SPARKS COULD QUICKLY IGNITE A RAPIDLY SPREADING WILDFIRE. PARK ON DIRT OR PAVED ROADS. USE WELDING OR GRINDING EQUIPMENT ON DIRT OR PAVEMENT ONLY...AND IF DRIVING PLACE CIGARETTE BUTTS IN ASH TRAYS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IN GENERAL...THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY RANGING FROM BELOW 25 PERCENT IN ZAPATA COUNTY TO BELOW 45 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST...EACH LASTING FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE... AND CURED FUELS. HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS WILL TRIGGER FIRE DANGER AT LOWER WIND SPEEDS. DETAILED DECISION TABLES ARE FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV/?N=MAPCOLORS#FIRE. && $$ 52/BSG
1 follow-up statement
594 WWUS84 KBRO 020017 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 617 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... .WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AND HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ248-249-252-020130- /O.EXP.KBRO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- 617 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE COMBINATION OF HUMIDITY AT OR BELOW 15 PERCENT...GUSTY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...AND VERY DRY GRASSES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249 AND 252... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 8:31 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 12 hr | |
| Jan 31, 8:34 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 8 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:39 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 9 min |
| Feb 1, 4:28 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.