Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 11, 2011, 2:35 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 11, 2011, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 3383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187 WWUS84 KMAF 111935 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CANCELLED TUESDAY FOR THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TUESDAY...WHILE ANOTHER LEE SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL BRING INCREASED SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS IT MOVES EAST WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A VERY WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH ONGOING VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO POSE A RISK OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. TXZ057-121100- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0037.110412T1700Z-110413T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- 235 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED TUESDAY FOR THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MID THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 10 PERCENT. 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. && $$ NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075-258-121100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0037.110412T1700Z-110413T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0045.110412T1700Z-110413T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 235 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 /135 PM MDT MON APR 11 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE PERMIAN BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ. IN TEXAS... GAINES... DAWSON...BORDEN...SCURRY...ANDREWS...MARTIN... HOWARD...MITCHELL...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS... LOVING...WINKLER...ECTOR... MIDLAND... GLASSCOCK...WARD... CRANE...UPTON...REAGAN... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA... PECOS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND: IN THE PLAINS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 15 PERCENT. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ080-121100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ MARFA PLATEAU- 235 PM CDT MON APR 11 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...MARFA PLATEAU. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 10 PERCENT. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
3 follow-up statements
671 WWUS84 KMAF 120925 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 425 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY...WHILE ANOTHER LEE SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS IT MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A VERY WARM AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH ONGOING VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER TO POSE A RISK OF CRITICAL TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075-258-122130- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0045.110412T1700Z-110413T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 425 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /325 AM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...AND PERMIAN BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...AND PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ. IN TEXAS... GAINES... DAWSON...BORDEN...SCURRY...ANDREWS...MARTIN... HOWARD... MITCHELL...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS... LOVING... WINKLER...ECTOR... MIDLAND... GLASSCOCK...WARD... CRANE... UPTON...REAGAN... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA... PECOS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: IN THE PLAINS TODAY...SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 15 PERCENT. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ TXZ057-080-122130- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-MARFA PLATEAU- 425 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND MARFA PLATEAU... * AFFECTED AREA: IN TEXAS...MARFA PLATEAU AND VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: WEDNESDAY...WEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. THURSDAY...WEST 25 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 10 PERCENT. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
731 WWUS84 KMAF 121925 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 225 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 *********HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY******* ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 15 PERCENT... AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...MARFA PLATEAU... VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN FOR SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LESS THAN 10 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .A NEW LEE SURFACE TROUGH HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES HAD RESULTED IN INCREASED SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS IT MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A VERY WARM AND EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH ONGOING VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND RECORD DRY FUELS TO POSE A RISK OF EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075-258-130300- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0046.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110413T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 225 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /125 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS... AND PERMIAN BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS... VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU AND PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA: IN NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ. IN TEXAS... GAINES... DAWSON...BORDEN...SCURRY...ANDREWS...MARTIN... HOWARD... MITCHELL...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS... LOVING... WINKLER...ECTOR... MIDLAND... GLASSCOCK...WARD... CRANE... UPTON...REAGAN... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA... PECOS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: IN THE PLAINS THIS EVENING...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 3 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... COMBINED WITH RECENT RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES AND ONGOING DROUGHT WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. && $$ TXZ057-080-130300- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0038.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0046.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-MARFA PLATEAU- 225 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...EXTREMELY LOW RH/S AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND MARFA PLATEAU... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: WEDNESDAY...WEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. THURSDAY...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 3 TO 7 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... COMBINED WITH RECENT RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES AND ONGOING DROUGHT WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
862 WWUS84 KMAF 130315 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1015 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 *******HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY***** .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS IT MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY AND REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. A VERY WARM AND EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH ONGOING VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND RECORD DRY FUELS TO POSE A RISK OF EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. HIGH IMPACT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-075-258-131515- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110413T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0046.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 1015 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /915 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN... * AFFECTED AREA: IN NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ. IN TEXAS... GAINES... DAWSON...BORDEN...SCURRY...ANDREWS...MARTIN... HOWARD... MITCHELL...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS... LOVING... WINKLER...ECTOR... MIDLAND... GLASSCOCK...WARD... CRANE... UPTON...REAGAN... DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA... PECOS... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: IN THE PLAINS SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 35 MPH. IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH. HIGHER IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY: 3 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... COMBINED WITH RECENT RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES AND ONGOING DROUGHT WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. && $$ TXZ057-080-131515- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0046.110413T1800Z-110415T0300Z/ VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-MARFA PLATEAU- 1015 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND THE MARFA PLAETAU... * TIMING: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: WEDNESDAY...WEST SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. THURSDAY... WEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 3 TO 7 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. HIGH WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... COMBINED WITH RECENT RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES AND ONGOING DROUGHT WILL CREATE WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ESPECIALLY THURSDAY. A REGIONAL OUTBREAK OF DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 11:29 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 6 hr | |
| Apr 11, 5:17 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:35 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2011Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 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.