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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS El Paso, TX

February 26, 20094 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2009, 7:00 AM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 26, 2009, 1:00 PM MST. 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: Feb 26, 2009, 7:00 AM MST (14:00 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2009, 1:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 26, 2009, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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 Feb 25, 3:08 PM MST, 15 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:08 PM MST, 15 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 7:03 AM MST, 23 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
703 AM MST WED FEB 25 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-261415-
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-
703 AM MST WED FEB 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. BREEZY CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2009 Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every 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.