Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2008, 7:02 AM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 19, 2008, 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 19, 2008, 7:02 AM MDT (13:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 4740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS84 KEPZ 191302 RFWEPZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 702 AM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...LOWLAND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...AND EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES OF FAR WEST TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER WITH VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGERS RATINGS ARE EXPECTED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS... .AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WILL CONTINUE TO SEND A SERIES OF MODERATE TO STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGHS EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THIS WEEKEND. THESE WILL BRING WINDY AND CONTINUED VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WITH A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR MEETING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PARAMETERS TODAY...AND AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS. TXZ055-056-200000- /O.CAN.KEPZ.FW.A.0021.080419T1800Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.A.0022.080420T1800Z-080421T0300Z/ EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 702 AM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING... 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. FOR SUNDAY HOWEVER...STRONGER 20-FOOT WINDS AREA-WIDE ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND TO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY AREAS...ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ NMZ110>113-200000- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0021.080419T1800Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0021.080419T1800Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.A.0022.080420T1800Z-080421T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- 702 AM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 20-FOOT WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND TO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY AREAS...ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ TRIPOLI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS84 KEPZ 192345 RFWEPZ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 545 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO...LOWLAND DESERTS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO... AND EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES OF FAR WEST TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER WITH VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGERS RATINGS ARE EXPECTED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS... .AN UNSEASONABLY LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND A SERIES OF MODERATE TO STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGHS EASTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES THIS WEEKEND. THESE WILL BRING WINDY AND CONTINUED VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES...WITH A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR MEETING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PARAMETERS TODAY... AND AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS. NMZ110>113-201430- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.A.0022.080420T1800Z-080421T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- 545 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 20-FOOT WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OR HIGHER... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND TO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY AREAS...ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. 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 WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ TXZ055-056-201430- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.A.0022.080420T1800Z-080421T0300Z/ EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 545 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THESE AREAS TODAY. THEREFORE...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELED. FOR SUNDAY HOWEVER...STRONGER 20-FOOT WINDS AREA-WIDE ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND TO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY AREAS...ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:02 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.