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Red Flag Warning 49, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 23, 2011, 8:17 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- May 23, 2011, 8:17 PM MDT (02:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 5830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WWUS84 KEPZ 240217 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 817 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TUESDAY TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... .AN INCREASE IN 20-FOOT WINDS IS EXPECTED AREA WIDE ON TUESDAY...AS A SERIES OF FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES CROSS THE REGION. WINDS ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS AS A RESULT. THE ATMOSPHERE FAVORS EFFICIENT MIX DOWN OF THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE. APPROACH OF THESE WAVES WILL ALSO GENERATE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WHICH WILL ASSIST IN GENERATING GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-241345- /O.CAN.KEPZ.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110524T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0045.110524T1900Z-110525T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0049.110524T1800Z-110525T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 817 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056... 110...111...112 AND 113... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH. * WIND...20-FOOT WINDS WEST-SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS LOWER ELEVATIONS...TO THE LOW TEENS IN UPPER REACHES OF THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY FIRE RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
1 follow-up statement
590 WWUS84 KEPZ 241306 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 706 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TUESDAY TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... .AN INCREASE IN 20-FOOT WINDS IS EXPECTED AREA WIDE ON TUESDAY... AS A SERIES OF FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES CROSS THE REGION. WINDS ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS AS A RESULT. THE ATMOSPHERE FAVORS EFFICIENT MIX DOWN OF THESE WINDS TO THE SURFACE. APPROACH OF THESE WAVES WILL ALSO GENERATE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO OUR NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS...WHICH WILL ASSIST IN GENERATING GUSTY WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-250400- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0049.110524T1800Z-110525T0400Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 706 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WINDS OVER 20 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES UNDER 15 PERCENT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056...110...111 ...112 AND 113... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH. * WIND...20-FOOT WINDS WEST-SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS LOWER ELEVATIONS...TO THE LOW TEENS IN UPPER REACHES OF THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY FIRE RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:05 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | 15 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.