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Red Flag Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 21, 20105 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 21, 2010, 5:11 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 21, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. 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: Nov 21, 2010, 5:11 AM CST (11:11 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 21, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Nov 21, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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.

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 Nov 21, 4:33 AM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 21, 4:33 AM CST, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 21, 4:42 AM CST, 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
442 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-221045-
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-
442 AM CST SUN NOV 21 2010 /342 AM MST SUN NOV 21 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE COMBINATION OF WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND
VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HIGH WIND
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.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

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2010 Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2010 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.