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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2012, 5:17 AM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 20, 2012, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WWUS84 KMAF 201017 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 517 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING 20 FOOT WESTERLY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION TODAY. IN ADDITION... VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL DROP MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES INTO THE NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THIS ALONG WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. TXZ075-079>082-202230- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0020.120320T1700Z-120321T0000Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 517 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY... MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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)
2 follow-up statements
912 WWUS84 KMAF 201915 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 215 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A RED FLAG A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT INCREASING 20 FOOT WESTERLY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION TODAY. IN ADDITION... VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL DROP MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES INTO THE NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THIS ALONG WITH HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS VERY SLOW MOVING AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THE BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WITH WARMER CONDITIONS TOMORROW RH/S WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS. NMZ114-TXZ258-210715- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0021.120321T1800Z-120322T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 115 PM MDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ TXZ075-079>082-210000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120321T0000Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 215 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY... MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU... * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
242 WWUS84 KMAF 202357 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 657 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...MARFA PLATEAU... BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU EXPIRES AT 7 PM CDT... ...A RED FLAG A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF NEAR 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA ARE RISING ABOVE 15 PERCENT AS THE ATMOSPHERE BEGINS TO COOL. SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO DECREASE. WITH WARMER CONDITIONS TOMORROW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH WINDS EXCEEDING 20 MPH. TXZ075-079>082-210100- /O.EXP.KMAF.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120321T0000Z/ PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 657 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND AREA...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE ALSO DECREASED BELOW 20 MPH OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...THOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTINESS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. $$ NMZ114-TXZ258-211200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0021.120321T1800Z-120322T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 557 PM MDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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) 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 4:40 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Terrell, Ward | 14 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 31 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.