Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2006, 8:06 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 5, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 5, 2006, 8:06 AM MDT (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2006, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2006, 7:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 401 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
- 246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -516 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 5, 3:19 AM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:19 AM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 319 AM MDT WED APR 5 2006 .SYNOPSIS... STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MOST OF TOMORROW AS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE STATE. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY WITH A WARM UP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN A DRY WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY. && .DISCUSSION... A SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD A LARGE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO STREAM PACIFIC MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS TODAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER TO THE STATE. RAIN CHANCES WILL BE BEST NORTH OF THE REGION WITH ONLY A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY NEAR AREA MOUNTAINS. REGARDING WINDS...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN PLAINS THAT WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND ENHANCE WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS. LIFT FROM THE SYSTEM WILL HELP IN THE PRODUCTION OF BLOWING DUST BY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES ALONG IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN DESERTS WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 3 MILES IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE EVENING HOURS WHEN ATMOSPHERIC MIXING AND OVERTURNING WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THAT SAID...THINK WINDS WILL REMAIN AT OR NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING PRIMARILY DUE TO A PERSISTENT TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT. WINDS SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ON THURSDAY AND WILL BE STRONGEST EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND LAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL CONSIDERABLY ON THURSDAY BUT WILL WARM BACK UP DURING THE WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNS LATE SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION. WINDY CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE STATE. ANOTHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...VALID 05/12-06/12Z VFR CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WITH HIGH CEILINGS ABOVE 15 KFT. STRONG SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. VSBYS MAY DROP TO MVFR IN DUST PRONE AREAS OF LOWLAND DESERTS. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. MODERATE TO STRONG TURBULENCE POSSIBLE VCNTY AND DOWNSTREAM OF AREA MTNS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST OF TCS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 86 56 75 47 79 / 10 0 0 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA TX 79 55 70 42 76 / 10 0 0 0 0 LAS CRUCES 82 53 73 43 79 / 10 0 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 78 51 74 42 78 / 10 0 0 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 57 36 52 27 57 / 10 10 0 0 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 79 47 70 39 77 / 20 10 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 69 37 62 35 67 / 20 10 0 0 0 DEMING 82 48 70 40 77 / 10 0 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 81 46 72 39 79 / 20 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NMZ 022-025>030-032 WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TXZ 055-056 WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT 04
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 7:17 AM MDT, 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:58 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra | 11 hr |
| Apr 5, 5:24 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 22 hr | |
| Apr 5, 1:38 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:39 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | 6 hr |
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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.