Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2015
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2015, 4:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 2, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 2, 2015, 4:46 AM CDT (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 3249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WWUS84 KMAF 020947 CCA RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 446 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT...AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES... AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY AND ALONG WITH DEEP MIXING FROM UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING . NMZ114-115-TXZ045-046-050-057>059-258-022200- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0002.150402T1600Z-150403T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.150402T1600Z-150403T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 446 AM CDT THU APR 2 2015 /346 AM MDT THU APR 2 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE PLAINS...30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * FIRE DANGER...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. * 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
360 WWUS84 KMAF 021945 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 245 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 ...RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH MID EVENING FOR 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT... AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST TO THE NORTH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY AND ALONG WITH DEEP MIXING FROM UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIR AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-046-050-057>059-258-030200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ-GAINES-DAWSON-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 245 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015 /145 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...REEVES AND LOVING COUNTIES...AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN... * WIND...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE PLAINS...30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * FIRE DANGER...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. * 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) 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:53 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| Apr 2, 1:29 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 25 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2015Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2015Every red flag warning in 2015
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.