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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS El Paso, TX

April 7, 20138 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 8, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 7, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Catron County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 7, 3:22 AM MDT, 10 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:22 AM MDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:05 AM MDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
405 AM MDT SUN APR 7 2013

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-081230-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES-
NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY-
CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN-
WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY-
405 AM MDT SUN APR 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ONLY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EFFECTS TODAY WILL BE DRY AND BREEZY
AFTERNOON CONDITIONS ELEVATING FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. WEST WINDS
WILL GUST NEAR 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
EVENING. VERY WINDY ON MONDAY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS 35 TO 45
MPH AND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE OVER A FEW LOCATIONS
CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WINDS MAY ALSO CAUSE
DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND EVEN BUILDINGS. A DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER SITUATION WILL ALSO EXIST WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS
OCCURRING.

WINDY AGAIN TUESDAY WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THERE WILL ALSO
BE A FEW RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS GENERALLY LIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE
NEEDED.

ROGASH

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 3:10 PM MDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra30 hr
Apr 7, 3:10 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra37 hr
Apr 7, 3:10 PM MDTWind AdvisoryEPZOtero30 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013

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.