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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2016, 2:04 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2016, 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 14, 2016, 2:04 PM MDT (20:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties 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
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
451 WWUS84 KEPZ 142004 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 204 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS RETURNING FRIDAY... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF IT WILL INCREASE THE WINDS ACROSS THE BORDERLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS WILL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER TO MID 80S. NMZ111-112-TXZ055-151400- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0010.160415T1800Z-160416T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0013.160415T1800Z-160416T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- 204 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 14 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT IS LOCATED WEST OF A TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES TO DEMING LINE WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED CLOSE TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 26
1 follow-up statement
703 WWUS84 KEPZ 151306 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 706 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF IT WILL INCREASE THE WINDS ACROSS THE BORDERLAND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WINDS...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER TO MID 80S. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW MINIMUM ARELATIVE HUMIDITIES...FUEL MOISTURES AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGERS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN DESERTS. NMZ111-112-TXZ055-160300- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0013.160415T1800Z-160416T0300Z/ SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS- SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EL PASO- 706 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT FRIDAY. * WIND...20 TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 14 PERCENT. * HIGHEST THREAT IS LOCATED WEST OF A TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES TO DEMING LINE WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE SUSTAINED CLOSE TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ TRIPOLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:21 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 42 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.