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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 2, 2016, 9:13 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 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 2, 2016, 9:13 AM CST (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
986 WWUS84 KCRP 021513 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 913 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL BEND... .MUCH DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BEGIN TO MIX DOWN THIS LATE MORNING. THESE COMBINED WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAINLY ALONG THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES. TXZ242>245-247-021900- /O.NEW.KCRP.FW.W.0002.160202T1513Z-160202T1900Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 913 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR THE COASTAL BEND... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...25 TO 35 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO CONTROL EFFORTS WILL OCCUR. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
265 WWUS84 KCRP 021900 RFWCRP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 100 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 TXZ242>245-247-022000- /O.EXP.KCRP.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160202T1900Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-CALHOUN- 100 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR THE COASTAL BEND... STRONG GUSTY WINDS EARLIER ARE DIMINISHING. HOWEVER BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 20 TO 24 MPH CONTINUE TO EXIST ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISING THROUGH THE NIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT AND AVOID ACTIVITY WHICH COULD CREATE SPARKS OR CAUSE A FIRE THROUGH MID EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 6 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.