Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 21, 2017, 6:05 PM CST for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 24 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2017, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
All 33 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 12:26 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Brooks City Base, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA POST WITH PHOTO OF LARGE PECAN TREE BLOWN OVER ON FAIRVIEW AVENUE. |
| Jan 22, 12:51 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Leon Valley, TX | COVERED PARKING STRUCTURE DESTROYED BY STRONG WINDS AT SUMMIT OAKS APARTMENTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
138 WWUS84 KEWX 220005 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 605 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EARLY THIS EVENING ARE PRODUCING LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. A BRIEF DECREASE IN THE WINDS MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN AND BECOME STRONGER OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. THE PEAK OF THE WINDS WILL OCCUR LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR NEAR THE RIO GRANDE AND 20 TO 35 PERCENT ELSEWHERE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...ESPECIALLY IN CURED GRASSES. A HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST SUNDAY NEAR A FREDERICKSBURG TO SAN ANTONIO TO KARNES CITY LINE AND ALL THE WAY WEST TO THE RIO GRANDE. EAST OF THIS LINE A MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY EVENING...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-221030- /O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0001.170122T0005Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 605 PM CST SAT JAN 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY FOR VERY STRONG NORTH WEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 15 TO 35 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
827 WWUS84 KEWX 221226 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 626 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN CURED FUELS...SUCH AS DRY GRASSES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-222000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 626 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 15 TO 35 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
275 WWUS84 KEWX 221348 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 748 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN CURED FUELS...SUCH AS DRY GRASSES. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-222200- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 748 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 15 TO 30 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. && $$
961 WWUS84 KEWX 221633 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1033 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN CURED FUELS...SUCH AS DRY GRASSES. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-230000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 1033 AM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 12 TO 30 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
663 WWUS84 KEWX 222042 AAA RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 242 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6PM TONIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN CURED FUELS...SUCH AS DRY GRASSES. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TODAY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-230000- /O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 242 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... * AFFECTED AREA...ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 6PM AND THROUGH THE EVENING TO NEAR 10 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 12 TO 30 PERCENT. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * 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. && $$ ALLEN
774 WWUS84 KEWX 222359 RFWEWX URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 559 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ABOVE WARNING CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE AS TEMPERATURES DROP. TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-230100- /O.EXP.KEWX.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170123T0000Z/ LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 559 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS INCREASED AND MOST OF THE REGION IS NO LONGER EXPERIENCING RED FLAG CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...BUT A FEW SPOTS COULD STILL HAVE RED FLAG WINDS FOR THE NEXT HOUR. $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.