Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Mar 7, 2025, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 8, 2025, 12:00 PM CST

Expired

Mar 8, 2025, 8:00 PM CST

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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897 
WWUS84 KEWX 071935
RFWEWX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
135 PM CST Fri Mar 7 2025

...BREEZY AND DRY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

.A cold front will move through South-Central Texas from west to 
east Saturday between midnight and noon. This boundary will bring 
much drier air and breezy northwesterly winds. Relative humidity 
will drop below 20% from the western Hill Country, southern I-35 
Corridor, and western Coastal Plains to the Rio Grande. Winds 
will be 15-25 mph with higher gusts up to 35 mph during the 
afternoon and early evening. This will result in the likelihood of
critical fire weather conditions. 

TXZ183>191-202>208-217>224-228-081100-
/O.UPG.KEWX.FW.A.0002.250308T1800Z-250309T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KEWX.FW.W.0002.250308T1800Z-250309T0200Z/
Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-
Kinney-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Maverick-
Zavala-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Dimmit-
135 PM CST Fri Mar 7 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS...

The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio has issued a
Red Flag Warning for critical fire weather conditions, which is 
in effect from noon to 8 PM CST Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch 
is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREAS...Western two thirds of South Central Texas

* TIMING...From noon to 8 PM CST Saturday.

* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-20 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop may rapidly increase in size 
  and intensity, move quickly, and be very difficult to control.

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.

&&

$$

922 
WWUS84 KEWX 080827
RFWEWX

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
227 AM CST Sat Mar 8 2025

...BREEZY AND DRY BEHIND A COLD FRONT SATURDAY WILL RESULT IN
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...

.A cold front will move through South-Central Texas from west to
east today between now and mid-afternoon. This boundary will 
bring much drier air and breezy northwesterly winds. Relative 
humidity will drop below 20% from the western Hill Country, 
southern I- 35 Corridor, and western Coastal Plains to the Rio 
Grande. Winds will be 15-25 mph with higher gusts up to 30 mph 
during the afternoon and early evening. This will result in the 
likelihood of critical fire weather conditions.

TXZ183>191-202>208-217>224-228-090200-
/O.CON.KEWX.FW.W.0002.250308T1800Z-250309T0200Z/
Val Verde-Edwards-Real-Kerr-Bandera-Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco-Hays-
Kinney-Uvalde-Medina-Bexar-Comal-Guadalupe-Caldwell-Maverick-
Zavala-Frio-Atascosa-Wilson-Karnes-Gonzales-De Witt-Dimmit-
227 AM CST Sat Mar 8 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CST
THIS EVENING FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN TWO
THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* AFFECTED AREAS...Western two thirds of South Central Texas

* TIMING...From noon today to 8 PM CST this evening.

* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop may rapidly increase in size 
  and intensity, move quickly, and be very difficult to control.

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.

&&

$$

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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.