Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 1, 2012, 1:11 PM MST for 7 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 2, 2012, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 8 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
- Feb 1, 2012, 1:11 PM MST (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2012, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 3036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
773 WWUS84 KEPZ 012011 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 111 PM MST WED FEB 1 2012 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND INTO THE BORDERLAND THURSDAY. AS IT DOES...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SETTING UP ALLOWING WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH TO DEVELOP. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WINDS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. NMZ111-112-TXZ055-056-021430- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0002.120202T1800Z-120203T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0003.120202T1900Z-120203T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 111 PM MST WED FEB 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH- CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY TO 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING. * WIND: 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ 27 LANEY
2 follow-up statements
813 WWUS84 KEPZ 021352 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 652 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE BORDERLAND TODAY. AS IT DOES...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SETTING UP ALLOWING WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH TO DEVELOP. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WINDS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. NMZ111-112-TXZ055-056-022215- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0003.120202T1900Z-120203T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 652 AM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH- CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY TO 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WIND: 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ 26
828 WWUS84 KEPZ 022156 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 256 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE BORDERLAND TODAY. AS IT DOES...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SETTING UP ALLOWING WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH TO DEVELOP. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH THESE WINDS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. NMZ111-112-TXZ055-056-030300- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120203T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 256 PM MST THU FEB 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR LOWLANDS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH- CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY TO 8 PM THIS EVENING. * WIND: 20 FOOT WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. * HUMIDITY: MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$
Nearby
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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.