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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 2, 20165 counties in Texas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 8:41 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP6 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016

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.