Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2007, 5:50 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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 24, 2007, 5:50 AM CST (11:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KMAF 241150 RFWMAF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 550 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL THE AREA...FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RH/S OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RH/S OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM PASSING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN UNUSUALLY STRONG WEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. AN ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH AREA WILL RE-ENFORCE THE DRY AIR THAT IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND MINIMUM RH/S WILL BE ABLE TO FALL WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT TODAY. THEREFORE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. ALSO A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY FOR THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AS STRONG WEST WINDS REDEVELOP. TXZ074-242130- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0002.070224T1800Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0003.070225T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 550 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED AND IS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH FAIR RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. ON SUNDAY 20 FT WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FT WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT. DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPLOSIVELY GROW INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$ NMZ115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-079>082-242130- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0002.070224T1800Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 550 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /450 AM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH FAIR RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. THESE HIGH WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...COMBINED WITH RECENT WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS. $$ NMZ114-TXZ258-242130- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.070224T1500Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0003.070225T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 450 AM MST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT. ON SUNDAY 20 FT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT. DO NOT THROW CIGARETTES ONTO THE GROUND OR OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE. KEEP VEHICLES ON DRIVING SURFACES...AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH TALL GRASS. AVOID ACTIVITIES THAT MAY PRODUCE OUTDOOR FLAMES OR SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPLOSIVELY GROW INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KMAF 250008 RFWMAF RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 608 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RH/S OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MIDWESTERN STATES TONIGHT. STRONG ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY DRY AIR WILL PROMOTE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD AGAIN ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ114-TXZ074-258-251130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0003.070225T1800Z-070226T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 608 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /508 PM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WESTERLY WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL SLOWLY INCREASE THIS EVENING...BUT GENERALLY POOR RECOVERY IS EXPECTED. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ABOVE 6000 FEET AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS AGAIN. $$ NMZ115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-075-079>082-250115- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY- MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 608 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 /508 PM MST SAT FEB 24 2007/ ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WESTERLY WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL SLOWLY INCREASE TONIGHT...BUT RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO BE POOR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 14 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:00 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 5:50 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 23 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2007Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.