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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 15, 2012, 1:45 PM CST for Pecos County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. 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
- Jan 15, 2012, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 4116 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
023 WWUS84 KMAF 151945 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS FOR MINIMUM RH/S AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT...WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER. .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS AREA MONDAY AND DRY AIR WILL REMAIN TO THE EAST. THIS COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND CURED FUELS WILL MAKE FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. TXZ058-074-075-081-161500- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.120116T1900Z-120117T0000Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- 145 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS INCLUDING LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE TENDENCY TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER ROADWAYS. 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 WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
2 follow-up statements
056 WWUS84 KMAF 161143 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 543 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A RED WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS REGION AND BIG BEND AREA FOR MINIMUM RH VALUES AT OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT...WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH... AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ON THE BASE OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE BIG BEND AREA. THE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS...ALONG WITH THE DRY AIRMASS... TEMPERATURES AROUND 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND CURED FUELS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THESE LOCATIONS. TXZ058-074-075-081-170000- /O.EXT.KMAF.FW.W.0002.120116T1800Z-120117T0000Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- 543 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE BIG BEND AREA... * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE TENDENCY TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
541 WWUS84 KMAF 162008 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 208 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...A RED WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE TRANS PECOS REGION AND BIG BEND AREA FOR MINIMUM RH VALUES AT OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT...WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .STRONGER WINDS ALOFT HAVE SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE TRANS PECOS REGION...AND THE BIG BEND AREA. THE INCREASED WIND SPEEDS...ALONG WITH THE DRY AIRMASS... TEMPERATURES AROUND 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND CURED FUELS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THESE LOCATIONS. TXZ058-074-075-081-170000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-BIG BEND AREA- 208 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE BIG BEND AREA... * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE TENDENCY TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES OVER ROADWAYS. 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:46 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 42 hr | |
| Jan 15, 2:47 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 8 more | 27 hr |
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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.