Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 28, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. 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
- Apr 28, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
900 WWUS84 KMAF 281945 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...VAN HORN CORRIDOR...AND UPPER TRANS PECOS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...PRESIDIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FRIDAY FOR THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND A NEAR HIGH FIRE DANGER CLASS... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. TODAY AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS AND DRY WEATHER...RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST ON THURSDAY. NMZ115-291100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0022.100428T2000Z-100429T0200Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- 145 PM MDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ057-291100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0022.100428T2000Z-100429T0200Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 245 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ045-050-058>060-067-074-080-291100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER- WARD-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 245 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ NMZ114-TXZ258-291100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0022.100428T2000Z-100429T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 145 PM MDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING SHOULD LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ046-047-051-052-061-062-068-069-075-079-291100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN-HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY- 245 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE. HOWEVER MARGINAL WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ARE FORECAST IN THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND HIGH FUEL MOISTURE CONTENT MAY LIMIT THE FIRE DANGER CLASS BELOW HIGH. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR THESE AREAS AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
090 WWUS84 KMAF 290229 AAA RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 929 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...VAN HORN CORRIDOR...AND UPPER TRANS PECOS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...PRESIDIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FRIDAY FOR THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OR GREATER...AND A NEAR HIGH FIRE DANGER CLASS... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS... RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL ALIGN THE BEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN TOO...ESPECIALLY THE WEST...AND IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WHERE GRASSES ARE STILL CURED. NMZ115-291130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100429T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- 829 PM MDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TONIGHT... THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH THURSDAY AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN BEFORE NOON RESULTING IN LONG DURATION OF WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ057-291130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100429T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 929 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY AND HUMIDITY WILL ALREADY BE LOW IN THE MORNING SO THERE WILL BE AN EXTENDED DURATION OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ NMZ114-TXZ258-291130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100429T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 829 PM MDT WED APR 28 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN VERY WINDY AND THE HUMIDITY WILL BE LOW. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 15 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ045-050-058>060-067-074-080-291130- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0200Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER- WARD-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 929 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH OR GREATER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ046-047-051-052-061-062-068-069-075-079-291130- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN-HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY- 929 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE THURSDAY AND WINDS WILL BE ABOVE 20 MPH. HIGH FUEL MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT GREEN UP MAY LIMIT THE FIRE DANGER. ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WINDS WILL BE ONLY NEAR 20 MPH IN THE PRESIDIO VALLEY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH CONTINUES FOR THESE AREAS AND MAY BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IN THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
171 WWUS84 KMAF 291040 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 540 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION TODAY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...PRESIDIO VALLEY... UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TODAY. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS... RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL ALIGN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...WHERE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TODAY... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE GRASSES ARE STILL CURED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO END TODAY AS DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING. NMZ114-TXZ258-292100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 440 AM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 70 MPH AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN BEFORE NOON RESULTING IN LONG DURATION OF WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ046-047-051-052-061-062-068-069-075-079-292100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0014.100429T1500Z-100430T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0300Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-MARTIN-HOWARD-ECTOR-MIDLAND-CRANE-UPTON-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY- 540 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE ABOVE 20 MPH AS GUSTS INCREASE TO ABOVE 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH FUEL MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT GREEN UP MAY LIMIT THE FIRE DANGER... HOWEVER AREAS WHERE GRASSES ARE CURED WILL POSE A FIRE CONTROL PROBLEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ NMZ115-292100- /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- 440 AM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL TO POSSIBLY EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN BEFORE NOON RESULTING IN LONG DURATION OF WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ045-050-057>060-067-074-080-292100- /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0023.100429T1500Z-100430T0300Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 540 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BEGIN BEFORE NOON RESULTING IN LONG DURATION OF WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
034 WWUS84 KMAF 292035 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 335 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...MARFA PLATEAU...PRESIDIO VALLEY... UPPER TRANS PECOS AND MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .WARM...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...WHERE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FRIDAY... AND ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. NMZ114-TXZ258-300430- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0016.100501T1800Z-100502T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 235 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FRIDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$ NMZ115-300430- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0015.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0024.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- 235 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF NEAR 10 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 60 MPH AT TIMES. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$ TXZ045>047-050>052-057>062-067>069-074-075-079-080-300300- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-CRANE-UPTON-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- 335 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
295 WWUS84 KMAF 300328 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1025 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT... 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .WARM...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS FRIDAY...AND ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY. NMZ115-301130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0024.100430T1500Z-100501T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- 925 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WESTERLY 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. $$ NMZ114-TXZ258-301130- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0016.100501T1800Z-100502T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 925 PM MDT THU APR 29 2010 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ045>047-050>052-057>062-067>069-074-075-079-080-300430- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-100430T0300Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-CRANE-UPTON-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- 1025 PM CDT THU APR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 20 FOOT WINDSPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND OR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS HAVE DIMINISHED. $$ 44
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
232 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010
.DISCUSSION...
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AHEAD OF A
DEVELOPING SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE
INCREASED WESTERLY MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL RESULT IN HIGH WINDS
TONIGHT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THURSDAY WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN
SURFACE PRESSURE AND AN INCREASING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. THE
STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW THE DRYLINE TO SURGE EAST
TOWARD THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDERSTORMS
SD UPPER FORCING WITH THE LOW LOOKS WEAK. WILL CONTINUE THE HIGH
WIND WARNING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AS 50 KNOT WESTERLY MID
LEVEL FLOW SHOULD EASILY RESULT IN STRONG WINDS. WILL KEEP THE
HIGH WIND WATCH GOING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND
THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AS IT COULD GO EITHER WAY...DEPENDING ON
WHICH MODEL YOU BELIEVE. A WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE LIKELY
ISSUED TONIGHT FURTHER EAST INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN. WE HAVE
DECIDED TO CANCEL THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS 700 MILLIBAR WINDS DO NOT
APPEAR THAT THEY WILL BE QUITE ABLE TO REACH 40 KNOTS.
THE DRYLINE WILL NOT RETREAT SIGNIFICANTLY WESTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MOISTURE WILL
HOLD LONGEST IN THE EXTREME EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN SO WILL CONTINUE
THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA AHEAD
OF THE FRONT. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FRIDAY BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH LITTLE MOISTURE OVER THE REGION AS THE FAST
WESTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN DRIVES THE MOISTURE TOWARD
CENTRAL TEXAS. HAVE EXTENDED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH IN THE FAST
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.
SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE A COOL DAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED
UPPER LOW ROUNDS THE CORNER FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO
NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. UPPER FORCING FROM THE LOW MAY GENERATE
SOME SHOWERS PARTICULARLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE
NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN CLOSEST TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW.
BEYOND SATURDAY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES AS GUIDANCE
IS IN SIGNIFICANT DISAGREEMENT.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD EAST TOMORROW. A FEW AREAS ARE MARGINAL AND HAVE BEEN LEFT IN
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE TIME BEING. THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
WILL BE COOLER WITH MARGINAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY'S. THE PRESIDIO
VALLEY WILL HAVE MARGINAL WINDS AND AREAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN HAVE
SEEN A SIGNIFICANT GREEN UP DUE TO RECENT RAINS WHICH COULD PREVENT
THE FIRE DANGER CLASS FROM REACHING HIGH. DECIDED TO HOLD OFF MAKING
A DECISION ON THESE AREAS UNTIL TONIGHT.
THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL NOT END ON THURSDAY DESPITE A COLDER
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY DUE TO CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS AND DEWPOINTS
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS. SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER WILL BE MOST AT
RISK FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LIGHTER WINDS ON
SUNDAY SHOULD EASE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 64 89 59 77 / 10 10 20 10
CARLSBAD NM 58 90 54 73 / 0 0 0 10
DRYDEN TX 62 94 63 89 / 10 10 10 10
FORT STOCKTON TX 63 96 58 84 / 10 0 10 10
GUADALUPE PASS TX 57 79 44 63 / 0 0 0 10
HOBBS NM 55 88 50 72 / 10 0 10 10
MARFA TX 45 84 44 74 / 0 0 0 10
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 63 93 56 78 / 10 0 10 10
ODESSA TX 63 91 57 77 / 10 0 10 10
WINK TX 61 96 55 80 / 10 0 10 10
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST
PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY
COUNTY.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... ANDREWS...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
GAINES...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER
TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...
WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND
HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... BORDEN...CRANE...
DAWSON...ECTOR...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...MARTIN...
MIDLAND...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...UPTON.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.
&&
10/12Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 114 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291815- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 114 PM CDT WED APR 28 2010 /1214 PM MDT WED APR 28 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AS DRY AND WINDY WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 85 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION OF WEST TEXAS. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL SPREAD EAST ON THURSDAY TO INCLUDE THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN DUE TO EITHER MARGINAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WINDS...OR FIRE DANGER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:18 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 58 hr | |
| Apr 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 25 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2010Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010
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.