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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS El Paso, TX

March 29, 20098 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2009, 9:13 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
Mar 29, 2009, 9:13 PM MDT (03:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2009, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2009, 5:18 PM MDT
In force
6 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 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Mar 29, 3:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:14 PM MDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:04 AM MDT, 16 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
504 AM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-301215-
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-
504 AM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
HAVING SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE OVER ISOLATED
LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINDY MONDAY...WEDNESDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH EACH DAY WITH BLOWING DUST REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE OVER A FEW LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

ROGASH

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009

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.