Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 93, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Oct 20, 2011, 4:54 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 20, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 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
- Oct 20, 2011, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
503 WWUS84 KMAF 200954 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 454 AM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING AT NOON MDT AND ENDING AT 8 PM MDT FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED AS A SURFACE LOW TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA DEEPENS. UNSEASONABLE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 80S...AND DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE 20S. NMZ114-TXZ258-202200- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0093.111020T1800Z-111021T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 354 AM MDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS 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 FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
826 WWUS84 KMAF 201916 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 216 PM CDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... .BREEZY WEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED AS A SURFACE LOW TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA DEEPENS. UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 80S...AND DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE 20S. NMZ114-TXZ258-202300- /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0093.000000T0000Z-111020T2300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 116 PM MDT THU OCT 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE) 44
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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.