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Red Flag Warning 43, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 3, 2008, 12:58 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 12:58 PM MDT (18:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jun 3, 3:28 AM MDT, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:28 AM MDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 11:18 AM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2008 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-041730- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DESERTS WITH HEAT AND SUN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 100 DEGREES ACROSS DESERT AREAS WEDNESDAY WITH HEAT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY. STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY WITH BLOWING DUST. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. THE HIGH WINDS..HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:25 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 49 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.