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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 28, 2014, 3:28 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2014, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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
- Feb 28, 2014, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2014, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WWUS84 KMAF 280928 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 328 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST FOR RH/S OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN... .WINDS WILL BE GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST ON FRIDAY WITH MANY PLACES EXPERIENCING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 15 PERCENT AND WINDS NEAR 20 MPH. SOME PLACES MAY ONLY HAVE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AN HOUR BUT EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE MORE PERSISTENT ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. TXZ046>048-052-053-010000- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0010.140228T1600Z-140301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0013.140228T1600Z-140301T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL- 328 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * FIRE DANGER...HIGH. * 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. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
1 follow-up statement
648 WWUS84 KMAF 282006 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 206 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND HIGH FIRE DANGER OVER THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN... .WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AFFECTED AREA. IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 8 TO 11 PERCENT THIS AFTERNON...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE WESTERN ROLLING PLAINS AND THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. TXZ046>048-052-053-010000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T0000Z/ DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-HOWARD-MITCHELL- 206 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 11 PERCENT. * FIRE DANGER...HIGH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND-DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:21 PM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 28 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.