Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 8, 2016, 2:45 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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 8, 2016, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
203 WWUS84 KBRO 080845 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...INCREASED FIRE WEATHER THREAT TODAY... .A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES...ALONG WITH CONTINUED FINE FUEL DRYING...WILL BRING THE THREAT OF ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. BY SUNSET...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE WITH DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES. TXZ250-251-253>257-081645- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0002.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0006.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 245 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 MILES PER HOUR. * HUMIDITY...15 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 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. && $$ TXZ249-252-081645- /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0006.160208T1500Z-160209T0000Z/ JIM HOGG-STARR- 245 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 MILER PER HOUR * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IN GENERAL...THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY RANGING FROM BELOW 25 PERCENT IN ZAPATA COUNTY TO BELOW 45 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST...EACH LASTING FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE... AND CURED FUELS. HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS WILL TRIGGER FIRE DANGER AT LOWER WIND SPEEDS. DETAILED DECISION TABLES ARE FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV/?N=MAPCOLORS#FIRE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
306 WWUS84 KBRO 081629 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1029 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...INCREASED FIRE WEATHER THREAT TODAY... .A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FEATURES... ALONG WITH CONTINUED FINE FUEL DRYING...WILL BRING THE THREAT OF ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. BY SUNSET...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE WITH DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING HUMIDITY VALUES. TXZ249>257-090000- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1029 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 MILES PER HOUR * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 15 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 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. && $$
707 WWUS84 KBRO 090003 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 603 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED JUST BELOW CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG WARNING AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ249>257-090115- /O.EXP.KBRO.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160209T0000Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 603 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 249...250...251...252...253...254...255...256 AND 257... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. $$
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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.