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Red Flag Warning 54, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2:59 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin and 2 more | 14 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.