Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 26, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 20, 2013, 1:38 PM MDT for Catron County, Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 21, 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
- Jun 20, 2013, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, Grant County, NM, Sierra County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 4405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 20, 4:01 AM MDT, 9 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:01 AM MDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 1:30 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 130 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-211745- 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- 130 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. A FEW STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAUSING DAMAGE ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PEA SIZED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH A FEW STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE WITH MOST LOCATIONS REMAINING HOT AND DRY. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUIRED. ROGASH
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Grant, Sierra | 22 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 57 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Hudspeth | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 62 min |
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.