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Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2012, 5:16 AM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 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
- Apr 15, 2012, 5:16 AM CDT (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WWUS84 KMAF 151016 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 516 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 NMZ114-TXZ057-258-151130- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0022.120415T1600Z-120416T0100Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 516 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 /416 AM MDT SUN APR 15 2012/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY COOL TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ABOVE 15 PERCENT IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. $$ NMZ115-TXZ058-074-152000- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0022.120415T1600Z-120416T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0029.120415T1700Z-120416T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 516 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 /416 AM MDT SUN APR 15 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND UPPER TRANS PECOS... * WIND...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ TXZ045-050-059>062-067>069-075-080-152000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0029.120415T1700Z-120416T0000Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-WARD-CRANE-UPTON- PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- 516 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AND MARFA PLATEAU... * WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 10 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
134 WWUS84 KMAF 151903 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 203 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 NMZ115-TXZ045-050-058>062-067>069-074-075-080-160000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120416T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-ANDREWS- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- WARD-CRANE-UPTON-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- 203 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 /103 PM MDT SUN APR 15 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS REGION...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MARFA PLATEAU... * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Reagan, Upton | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 61 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2012Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 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.