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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 31, 2016, 6:49 AM MST for El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 31, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Jan 31, 2016, 6:49 AM MST (13:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
336 WWUS84 KEPZ 311349 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 649 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE LOWLANDS TODAY... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AS A RESULT...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER THE LOWLANDS SOUTH AND EAST OF AN ALAMOGORDO TO LAS CRUCES LINE WHICH WILL CREATE SOME AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ111-311500- /O.CAN.KEPZ.FW.A.0002.160131T1800Z-160201T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ- 649 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER NMZ111 WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT BUT WINDS WILL BE AROUND 20 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE NEAR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. $$ NMZ112-TXZ055-056-312200- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0002.160131T1800Z-160201T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0002.160131T1800Z-160201T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ- LNZ-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY- 649 AM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH OF AN ALAMOGORDO TO LAS CRUCES LINE IN NEW MEXICO. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ 26
1 follow-up statement
668 WWUS84 KEPZ 312105 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 205 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE LOWLANDS INTO THIS EVENING... .STRONG WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AS A RESULT...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER THE LOWLANDS SOUTH AND EAST OF AN ALAMOGORDO TO LAS CRUCES LINE WHICH WILL CREATE SOME AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ112-TXZ055-056-010200- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160201T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ- LNZ-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY- 205 PM MST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTH OF AN ALAMOGORDO TO LAS CRUCES LINE IN NEW MEXICO. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 5:01 AM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | El Paso | 4 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:19 PM MST | High Wind Warning | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 23 hr |
| Jan 31, 6:02 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | EPZ | 31 hr | |
| Jan 31, 6:02 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero | 40 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2016Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.