Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 8, 2016, 5:10 AM CST for 21 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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, 5:10 AM CST (11:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 21 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 4040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891 WWUS84 KEWX 081110 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 510 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A LLANO TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO KARNES CITY LINE DUE TO GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A LLANO TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO KARNES CITY LINE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. THE WINDS WILL DROP QUICKLY AT SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-190>194-208-209-223-225-082300- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0003.160208T1800Z-160209T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0003.160208T1600Z-160208T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-CALDWELL- FAYETTE-GONZALES-LAVACA- 510 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 171...172...173...190...191...192...193...194... 208...209...223 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15-25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TXZ206-207-221-222-224-082300- /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0003.160208T1600Z-160208T2300Z/ COMAL-GUADALUPE-WILSON-KARNES-DE WITT- 510 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 206... 207...221...222 AND 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15-20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
3 follow-up statements
142 WWUS84 KEWX 081546 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 946 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A LLANO TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO KARNES CITY LINE DUE TO GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A LLANO TO NEW BRAUNFELS TO KARNES CITY LINE. NORTH WINDS HAVE ALREADY GUSTED TO 25 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IF ONE WAS TO OCCUR. THE WINDS WILL DROP QUICKLY AT SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-190>194-206>209-221>225-082300- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0003.160208T1600Z-160208T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 946 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 171...172...173...190...191...192...193... 194...206...207...208...209...221...222...223...224 AND 225... * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ALLEN
626 WWUS84 KEWX 081713 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1113 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A FREDERICKSBURG TO CASTROVILLE TO PLEASANTON LINE... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A FREDERICKSBURG TO CASTROVILLE TO PLEASANTON LINE. NORTH WINDS HAVE ALREADY GUSTED TO 25 AND 30 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS HUMIDITY VALUES CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IF ONE WAS TO OCCUR. THE WINDS WILL DROP QUICKLY AT SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ188-189-205-220-082300- /O.EXA.KEWX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160208T2300Z/ GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BEXAR-ATASCOSA- 1113 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 171...172...173...190...191...192...193... 194... 206...207...208...209...221...222...223...224 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TXZ171>173-190>194-206>209-221>225-082300- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160208T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-COMAL- GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 1113 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 171...172...173...190...191...192...193... 194...206...207...208...209...221...222...223...224 AND 225... * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ALLEN
523 WWUS84 KEWX 081952 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 152 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A FREDERICKSBURG TO CASTROVILLE TO PLEASANTON LINE... .GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ARE PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON PER LATEST OBSERVATIONS. NORTH WINDS HAVE GUSTED BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH LOW TO UPPER TEEN RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTILES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IF ONE WAS TO OCCUR. THE WINDS WILL DROP QUICKLY AT SUNSET AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. TXZ171>173-188>194-205>209-220>225-082300- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160208T2300Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS- BASTROP-LEE-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-ATASCOSA- WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA- 152 PM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 171...172...173...190...191...192...193... 194...206...207...208...209...221...222...223...224 AND 225... * WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FALLING TO 10-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ ALLEN
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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.