Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 94, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 5, 2011, 5:38 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Nov 5, 2011, 5:38 AM CDT (10:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Crane County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 3272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
595 WWUS84 KMAF 051038 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 538 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS BELOW 5500 FEET FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH DEVELOP AND MINIMUM RH/S DROP TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS FOR 3 HOURS OR MORE. TXZ069-051145- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0074.111105T1700Z-111105T2300Z/ UPTON- 538 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR UPTON COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR UPTON COUNTY. THOUGH BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER ELEVATED ACROSS UPTON COUNTY TODAY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE. $$ TXZ058>060-067-068-074-075-052300- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0074.111105T1700Z-111105T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0094.111105T1700Z-111105T2300Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- 538 AM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
688 WWUS84 KMAF 051938 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS BELOW 6000 FEET FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...RED CONDITIONS ARE OCCURING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS AROUND FORT STOCKTON AND PECOS WHERE RH/S ARE NEAR 11 PERCENT WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUST NEAR 35 MPH. WINDS STILL MAY INCREASE FURTHER THROUGH 5 PM CDT. THE WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM CDT. HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE AND WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY EVENING. TXZ058>060-067-068-074-075-052300- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0094.000000T0000Z-111105T2300Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- 238 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...THE STOCKTON PLATEAU... AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...11 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
129 WWUS84 KMAF 052305 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 605 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 TXZ058>060-067-068-074-075-060015- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0094.000000T0000Z-111105T2300Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-WARD-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- 605 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...UPPER TRANS PECOS...STOCKTON PLATEAU AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WAS RESULTING IN HIGHER RH/S AND LOWER WIND SPEEDS THAN EARLIER TODAY. THEREFORE... THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.