Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 80, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 2, 2011, 9:22 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Jun 2, 2011, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:19 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
410 WWUS84 KMAF 021422 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 922 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN... .20 FOOT WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 20 MPH OR MORE AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS TO THE NORTH. DESPITE WINDS BEING OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT IN AREAS FURTHER WEST. TXZ058>060-067-021530- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0065.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD- 922 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT. $$ TXZ045>048-050>053-061>063-068>070-075-030100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0065.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0080.110602T1800Z-110603T0100Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR- MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- 922 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE OVER ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE) 44
1 follow-up statement
958 WWUS84 KMAF 021932 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 232 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN... .SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL HOLD INTO THE EVENING AS AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS TO THE NORTH. DESPITE WINDS BEING OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED RH/S TO FALL BELOW 15 PCT ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND MIN RH/S ARE STILL EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR 15 PCT ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN BEFORE EARLY EVENING. THIS ALONG WITH CURED GRASSES HAS RESULTED IN HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. TXZ045>048-050>053-061>063-068>070-075-030100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110603T0100Z/ GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR- MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS- 232 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS... STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE OVER ROADWAYS. 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)
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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.