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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:16 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 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 24, 2016, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:00 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 09:16 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, 9.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
613 WWUS84 KBRO 240916 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 316 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATE TODAY... .A STRONG AND DRY SURFACE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY SETTING UP ANOTHER DAY OF DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS GENERATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. TXZ248>255-241730- /O.UPG.KBRO.FW.A.0004.160224T1700Z-160225T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FW.W.0008.160224T1600Z-160224T2200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON- 316 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 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 AND 255... * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 C WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY STRUCTURES IN THE LINE OF ANY WILDFIRE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CARE WITH RESPECT TO ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT COULD INADVERTENTLY CAUSE WILDFIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
660 WWUS84 KBRO 241740 RFWBRO URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1140 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DETERIORATE TODAY... .A STRONG AND DRY SURFACE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY SETTING UP ANOTHER DAY OF DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS GENERATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. TXZ248>255-242200- /O.CON.KBRO.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160224T2200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON- 1140 AM CST WED FEB 24 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 248...249...250...251... 252...253...254 AND 255... * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 C WHERE THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY STRUCTURES IN THE LINE OF ANY WILDFIRE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BURN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CARE WITH RESPECT TO ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT COULD INADVERTENTLY CAUSE WILDFIRES. REPORT WILDFIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. IN GENERAL...THESE CONDITIONS INCLUDE SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY RANGING FROM BELOW 25 PERCENT IN ZAPATA COUNTY TO BELOW 45 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST...EACH LASTING FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE... AND CURED FUELS. HUMIDITY BELOW 25 PERCENT IN MOST AREAS WILL TRIGGER FIRE DANGER AT LOWER WIND SPEEDS. DETAILED DECISION TABLES ARE FOUND AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV/?N=MAPCOLORS#FIRE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:07 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 15 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:07 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 12 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.