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Red Flag Warning 54, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 30, 201012 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 30, 2010, 5:06 AM CST for 12 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 30, 2010, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
Dec 30, 2010, 5:06 AM CST (11:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 30, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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 Dec 30, 12:19 AM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 12:19 AM CST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 4:27 AM CST, 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
427 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-311030-
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-
427 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /327 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

INCREASING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL AREAS TODAY. HIGH
WINDS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 90 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. WIND IMPACTS WILL BE
MOST NOTABLE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. A HIGH WIND
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

HIGH WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS...
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR REGION...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND
DAVIS MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
TODAY.

ACROSS MOST OF THE PLAINS...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL OCCUR
TODAY AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
MAY ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE PLAINS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
NEAR ONE MILE...ESPECIALLY NEAR CONSTRUCTION SITES AND PLOWED
FIELDS.

DRY...WARM AND WINDY WEATHER WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS REGION...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...
MARFA PLATEAU AND BIG BEND REGION. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE USE OF
OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL
IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO WIND-DRIVEN
WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS
ON FRIDAY AND A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
AREAS.

CONTINUED DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO PLAINS...NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW
ROLLING PLAINS MAY BRING ISOLATED AND BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS DURING THE 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 2:59 PM CSTFire Weather WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin and 2 more14 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.