Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 29, 2011, 10:18 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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 29, 2011, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458
WWUS84 KMAF 300318
RFWMAF
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR
GREATER... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... AND VERY
HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS...
.WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS SLOWLY MOVING EAST... THEREFORE
THE RED FLAG WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR ALL OF THE REGION
EXCEPT THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. VERY LOW RH ALONG WITH STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
THEREF0RE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED. DRY AIR WILL
SPREAD EAST AGAIN SATURDAY ALONG WITH 20FT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...
SO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEST OF LAMESA TO BAKERSFIELD LINE WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT.
NMZ114-TXZ258-301200-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110430T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0057.110430T0318Z-110430T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0047.110430T1700Z-110501T0300Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
918 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY.
* TIMING: RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 6 AM MDT.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WIND: TONIGHT...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
ON SATURDAY...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
* HUMIDITY: 5 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.
&&
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.
&&
$$
NMZ115-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>062-067>069-074-075-080-301200-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110430T0300Z/
/O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0047.110430T1700Z-110501T0300Z/
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
WARD-CRANE-UPTON-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011 /918 PM MDT FRI APR 29 2011/
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO.. THE TRANS PECOS... AND THE PERMIAN BASIN...
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* TIMING: FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WIND: SATURDAY...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
* HUMIDITY: 5 PERCENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE
SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW
QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES.
&&
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
&&
$$
TXZ047-048-052-053-063-070-082-300430-
/O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110430T0300Z/
BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK-REAGAN-TERRELL-
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011
...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS...
WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING SO THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
$$
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)2 follow-up statements
806 WWUS84 KMAF 301029 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 529 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ TODAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY...GENERALLY WEST OF A TATUM NM...PECOS TX...TO MARFA TX LINE. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS BEEN POOR ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 MPH BY MID MORNING...WITH OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH MID EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A SHARP WINDSHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST... MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. NMZ114-TXZ258-302230- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0047.110430T1700Z-110501T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110501T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 429 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... * TIMING: RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM MDT. * WIND: SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 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. && 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. && $$ TXZ045-046-050-051-060>062-067>069-075-301130- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0047.110430T1700Z-110501T0300Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS-MARTIN-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE- UPTON-PECOS- 529 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. MODEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY HAS OCCURRED THIS MORNING EAST OF A DRYLINE. THIS DRYLINE WILL ADVANCE EAST ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN TODAY...BRINGING WITH IT MUCH DRIER AIR. WHILE LOCALIZED AREAS MAY SEE 20 FOOT WINDS OVER 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...MOST AREAS WILL SEE WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. ADDITIONALLY...A COLD FRONT SHOULD REACH THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS MORNING BEFORE STALLING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A SHARP WINDSHIFT TO THE NORTH...COOLER TEMPERATURES...AND HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. $$ NMZ115-TXZ057>059-074-080-302230- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0047.110430T1700Z-110501T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KMAF.FW.W.0057.110430T1200Z-110501T0300Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 529 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 /429 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
288 WWUS84 KMAF 301954 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 254 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TODAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS... THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .A COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT SOME RELIEF TO THE AREA INCLUDING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RED FLAG WARNING...HOWEVER THE FRONT HAS STALLED IN THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY AND THUS SOUTHWEST OF WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. NMZ114-115-TXZ057>059-074-080-258-010000- /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110501T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 254 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 /154 PM MDT SAT APR 30 2011/ ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU...AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS OF WEST TEXAS... * TIMING: RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/. * WIND: WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
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.