Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2012, 2:48 PM CST for 16 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 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 19, 2012, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 3319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
732 WWUS84 KMAF 192048 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 248 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .VERY WARM...DRY...AND BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A GOOD PORTION OF WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS FRIDAY EVENING...BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ELEVATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. TXZ048-053-192200- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0001.120120T1800Z-120121T0000Z/ SCURRY-MITCHELL- 248 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. THOUGH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH ACROSS SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES FRIDAY. $$ NMZ114-115-TXZ045>047-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-258-201000- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0001.120120T1800Z-120121T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0003.120120T1800Z-120121T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS- MARTIN-HOWARD-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 248 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012 /148 PM MST THU JAN 19 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE TRANS PECOS...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
696 WWUS84 KMAF 201005 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 405 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES... VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE CONDITIONS... ALONG WITH HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A MOST OF WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS BY THIS EVENING... BUT MAY REMAIN ELEVATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. NMZ114-115-TXZ045>047-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-258-202200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0003.120120T1800Z-120121T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS- MARTIN-HOWARD-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-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 405 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 /305 AM MST FRI JAN 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE TRANS PECOS...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
757 WWUS84 KMAF 202048 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 248 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE TRANS PECOS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE MARFA PLATEAU...THE TRANS PECOS REGION...THE PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS SUNDAY FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER... .NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS BY THIS EVENING...BUT MAY REMAIN ELEVATED OVER THE MOUNTAINS. DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SATURDAY...WHERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY AGAIN. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS SUNDAY. THESE STRONGER WINDS...ALONG WITH VERY DRY AIR AND ONGOING HIGH FIRE DANGER MAY PRODUCE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY. NMZ114-TXZ258-211000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0004.120121T1600Z-120122T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0002.120122T1600Z-120123T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T0000Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 148 PM MST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR POTENTIALLY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... * WIND...THIS AFTERNOON...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. SATURDAY...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. SUNDAY...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. 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. && $$ NMZ115-TXZ045>047-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-211000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0002.120122T1600Z-120123T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120121T0000Z/ SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-ANDREWS- MARTIN-HOWARD-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- 248 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 /148 PM MST FRI JAN 20 2012/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE TRANS PECOS... THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR POTENTIALLY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE TRANS PECOS...THE VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...THIS AFTERNOON...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. SUNDAY...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 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. && $$ TXZ048-053-080-211000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0002.120122T1600Z-120123T0300Z/ SCURRY-MITCHELL-MARFA PLATEAU- 248 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR POTENTIALLY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU... AS WELL AS SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS... * WIND...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH SUNDAY. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:58 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
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.