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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX

March 5, 20097 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2009, 6:48 PM MST for 7 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2009, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 7 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 5, 2009, 6:48 PM MST (01:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 6, 2009, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Mar 6, 2009, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties 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), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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 Mar 5, 3:11 PM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:11 PM MST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 6:10 AM MST, 12 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
610 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-061300-
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-
610 AM MST THU MAR 5 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. STRENGTHENING WINDS
ALOFT AHEAD OF A WEST COAST TROUGH AND A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH TO
THE EAST WILL ALLOW FOR STRONGER WINDS TO DEVELOP AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON. NEAR RECORD TO RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN
TODAY. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL ALLOW FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CONTINUED BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A LARGE WEST COAST TROUGH
APPROACHES AND SWING ACROSS THE REGION. INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS BUT
LOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH THIS SYSTEM. THUS NO RAIN OR SNOW
EXPECTED. CONTINUED WARM ON FRIDAY. THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE
STRONGER WINDS ON SATURDAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT PUSHES IN
FROM THE WEST IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DEEP SURFACE LOW TO OUR EAST. A
WIND ADVISORY LOOKS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BEYOND SATURDAY EXPECT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CONTINUED BREEZY
CONDITIONS. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH LATE MONDAY TO
GENERATE ANOTHER DRY AND WINDY DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

BIRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 3:13 AM MST	Wind Advisory	EPZ		15 hr
Mar 6, 11:22 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	EPZ	Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more	8 hr
Mar 6, 1:46 PM MST	Wind Advisory	EPZ		30 hr

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.