Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 21, 2012, 7:43 AM MST for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 21, 2012, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 7:43 AM MST (14:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2012, 2:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 7:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 4 Nne Ruidoso, NM | |
| Jan 21, 8:00 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 2 Sw Ruidoso, NM | SMOKEY BEAR RAWS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819 WWUS84 KEPZ 211443 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 743 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS RETURN THIS AFTERNOON FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LOWLANDS... .MIX DOWN OF STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING 20 FOOT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO OUR NORTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS...LOW FUEL MOISTURE PRESENT AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGERS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS. NMZ112-TXZ055-056-212245- /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0002.120121T2100Z-120122T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 743 AM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056 AND 112... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * EVENT: FIRE WEATHER...ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH. * AREA AND TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...UNTIL 8 PM THIS FOR DONA ANA...OTERO AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES NI NEW MEXICO. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN A FEW AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...LOWLAND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY FIRE RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TRIPOLI
1 follow-up statement
412 WWUS84 KEPZ 212035 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 135 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS CONTINUE REST OF TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LOWLANDS... .MIX DOWN OF STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING 20 FOOT WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO OUR NORTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER 20 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS...LOW FUEL MOISTURE PRESENT AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGERS IN PLACE...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THESE AREAS NMZ112-TXZ055-056-220300- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0002.120121T2100Z-120122T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 135 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055... 056 AND 112... * EVENT...FIRE WEATHER...ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH. * AREA AND TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...UNTIL 8 PM THIS FOR DONA ANA...OTERO AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES NI NEW MEXICO. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN A FEW AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING. * HUMIDITY...LOWLAND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CHECK LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR ANY FIRE RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ TRIPOLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:26 AM MST | High Wind Warning | EPZ | 31 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.