Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS San Angelo, TX
NWS San Angelo, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 9, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS San Angelo, TX
Counties Coke County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 4838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
586 WWUS84 KSJT 090900 RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Angelo TX 400 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...Near Critical to Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today... .Warm, dry and windy conditions are expected this afternoon and early evening across the Concho Valley, Edwards Plateau and western portions of the Big Country. These conditions, combined with dry fuels, will result in Near Critical to Critical Fire Weather concerns. TXZ064-065-071>073-076>078-154-168>170-091700- /O.UPG.KSJT.FW.A.0001.210409T1700Z-210410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0002.210409T1700Z-210410T0000Z/ Sterling-Coke-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-Crockett-Schleicher-Sutton- McCulloch-Menard-Kimble-Mason- 400 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM, DRY, AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 064, 065, 071, 072, 073, 076, 077, 078, 154, 168, 169, AND 170... The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Wind...West winds 15 to 20 mph, with higher gusts expected * Humidity...5 to 10 percent * Fuels...Dry * Impacts...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds, low humidity and dry fuels will contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ TXZ049-054-091700- /O.NEW.KSJT.FW.W.0002.210409T1700Z-210410T0000Z/ Fisher-Nolan- 400 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WARM, DRY, AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 049 AND 054... The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 049 and 054. * WIND...West winds 15 to 20 mph, with higher gusts expected * HUMIDITY...5 to 10 percent * Fuels...Dry * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds, low humidity and dry fuels will contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
106 WWUS84 KSJT 091258 RFWSJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Angelo TX 758 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...Near Critical to Critical Fire Weather Conditions Today... .Warm, dry and windy conditions are expected this afternoon and early evening across the Concho Valley, Edwards Plateau and western portions of the Big Country. These conditions, combined with dry fuels, will result in Near Critical to Critical Fire Weather conditions. TXZ049-054-064-065-071>073-076>078-154-168>170-100000- /O.CON.KSJT.FW.W.0002.210409T1700Z-210410T0000Z/ Fisher-Nolan-Sterling-Coke-Irion-Tom Green-Concho-Crockett- Schleicher-Sutton-McCulloch-Menard-Kimble-Mason- 758 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE CONCHO VALLEY, NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU, AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG COUNTRY FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND A HIGH FIRE DANGER... * Wind...West winds 15 to 20 mph, with higher gusts expected * Humidity...5 to 10 percent * Fuels...Dry * Impacts...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will occur shortly. A combination of strong winds, low humidity and dry fuels will contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
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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.