Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:27 AM CST for 19 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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 2, 2012, 4:27 AM CST (10:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 6270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
848 WWUS84 KMAF 021027 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 427 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS FOR GUSTY 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WHILE RH/S DROP TO 3 TO 12 PERCENT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...AND NORTH LATE THIS EVENING...BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER SPEEDS IN THE MOUNTAINS...IN ADDITION TO HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE SPEEDS DROP OFF AND WINDS VEER TO THE NORTH. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-258- 030300- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0009.120302T1500Z-120303T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0014.120302T1500Z-120303T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 427 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 /327 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS... * WINDS...TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WEST 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...3 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. LOW HANGING SMOKE MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. 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
578 WWUS84 KMAF 022012 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 212 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT FIRST MOVES INTO EXTREME WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS EVENING...AND NORTH LATE THIS EVENING...ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AS THE COLD FRONT PROGRESSES SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER SPEEDS IN THE MOUNTAINS...IN ADDITION TO HIGHER GUSTS. EXPECT SOME STRONG NORTHWEST GUSTS AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH INITIALLY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-258- 030300- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120303T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY- ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 212 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 /112 PM MST FRI MAR 2 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * WINDS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. WEST 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. LOW HANGING SMOKE MAY RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY. 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)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:20 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | 17 hr |
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.