Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2012, 1:33 PM MST for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 1, 2012, 1:33 PM MST (20:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 8:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 3488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS84 KEPZ 012033 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 133 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL HEAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTH OUT OF THAT SYSTEM WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL CAUSE STRONG SURFACE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND FIRE DANGER RATINGS OF HIGH OR GREATER...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. ANOTHER TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL PRODUCE SIMILAR CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND WILL LOWER TEMPERATURES TO NEAR NORMAL. HOWEVER...HUMIDITY WILL BE A FEW POINTS HIGHER. MUCH COOLER SATURDAY WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL BRING DRY WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS AND A WARMING TREND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NMZ112-TXZ055-056-020530- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0006.120302T1800Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0008.120302T1800Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 133 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056 AND 112... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH 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 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT: RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY. * TIMING: UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 15% OR LOWER. * 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 HGIH FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && 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. && $$ NMZ110-111-113-020300- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- 133 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111 AND 113... * EVENT: RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE GILA AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW THE SNOW PACK LEVEL AND FOR ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS. * TIMING: UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 15% OR LOWER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
773 WWUS84 KEPZ 020354 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 854 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO EARLY FRI EVENING FOR THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL HEAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT WITH YET ANOTHER TROUGH ALOFT AND AN ITS ASSOCIATED FRONT BRINGING MORE WINDS AGAIN TO THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE STRONG SURFACE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND FIRE DANGER RATINGS OF HIGH OR GREATER...WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. NMZ112-TXZ055-056-021500- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0008.120302T1800Z-120303T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 854 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY FOR HUMIDITIES UNDER 15% AND SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OVER 20 MPH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056 AND 112... * EVENT: RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY. FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY. * TIMING: 11 AM TO 8 PM FRI. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 15% OR LOWER. * 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 HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. 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. && $$
234 WWUS84 KEPZ 021400 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 700 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET IN SOUTHWEST-SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY...RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL ACROSS THE REGION...WHILE VERY DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE. THE END RESULT WILL BE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET. NMZ110-111-113-030300- /O.EXA.KEPZ.FW.W.0008.120302T1800Z-120303T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- 700 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111 AND 113 AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: 11 AM TO 8 PM FRI. * WIND: 20-FOOT WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 12% OR LOWER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ NMZ112-TXZ055-056-030300- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0008.120302T1800Z-120303T0300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- HUDSPETH- 700 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055 AND 056 AND NEW MEXICO ZONE 112... * TIMING: 11 AM TO 8 PM FRI. * WIND: 20-FOOT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY: 5 TO 12% OR LOWER. * 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 HIGH FIRE DANGER RATINGS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ HARDIMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 7:42 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 18 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:29 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 29 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:35 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.