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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 6, 2016, 3:47 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 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 6, 2016, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
295 WWUS84 KBRO 060947 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 347 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER THREAT BECOMES ELEVATED SATURDAY FOR ALL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO PLUMMENT AND COMBINE WITH MODERATELY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ELEVATING THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. VERY LOW DEW POINTS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS AS A COLD FRONT TRACKS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL MID TO LATE MORNING WITH THE MOST ELEVATED CONDITIONS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. TXZ248>257-061800- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0001.160206T1700Z-160207T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0005.160206T1700Z-160206T2300Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 347 AM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251...252...253...254...255 ...256 AND 257... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251... 252...253...254...255...256 AND 257. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 18 PERCENT WEST AND 18-30 PERCENT COASTAL COUNTIES. * HIGHEST THREAT...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 69E WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL EXIST. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR DURING THE HIGHEST WIND PERIOD BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
078 WWUS84 KBRO 061815 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1215 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER THREAT BECOMES ELEVATED TODAY FOR MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PLUMMET TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THESE FALLING HUMIDITY VALUES WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ELEVATING THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ248>257-062300- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160206T2300Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1215 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251...252...253...254...255... 256 AND 257... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251... 252...253...254...255...256 AND 257. * WIND...20 FOOT WINDS NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 18 PERCENT WEST AND 18-30 PERCENT COASTAL COUNTIES. * HIGHEST THREAT...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 69E WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OVERLAP WITH THE LOWEST HUMIDITY VALUES. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY WITH ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR DURING THE HIGHEST WIND PERIOD BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IN GENERAL...THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY RANGING FROM BELOW 25 PERCENT IN ZAPATA COUNTY TO BELOW 45 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST...EACH LASTING FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE... AND CURED FUELS. HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS WILL TRIGGER FIRE DANGER AT LOWER WIND SPEEDS. DETAILED DECISION TABLES ARE FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV/?N=MAPCOLORS#FIRE. && $$
897 WWUS84 KBRO 062303 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 503 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS THE AREA... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED JUST BELOW CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG WARNING AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ248>257-070015- /O.EXP.KBRO.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160206T2300Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 503 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251...252...253...254...255... 256 AND 257... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:08 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 5 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.