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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2016, 1:57 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2016, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Catron County, NM, 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, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Kdmn, NM | ELEV 4307 FT ASOS |
| Mar 23, 1:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 4 Nw Orogrande, NM | ELEV 4183 FT WSMR |
| Mar 23, 2:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 19 Wnw Tularosa, NM | ELEV 4025 FT WSMR |
| Mar 23, 2:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Ksvc, NM | ELEV 5443 FT AWOS |
| Mar 23, 2:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | 28 Ene Orogrande, NM | ELEV 4886 FT RAWS |
| Mar 23, 3:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 22 Nw Tularosa, NM | ELEV 4085 FT WSMR |
| Mar 23, 4:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 2 Se Deming, NM | ELEV 4308 FT NMED |
| Mar 23, 4:12 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 11 E El Paso, TX | ELEV 3978 FT AWS |
| Mar 23, 4:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 6 Ne El Paso, TX | ELEV 3905 FT AWS |
| Mar 23, 4:31 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Kelp, TX | ELEV 3918 FT ASOS |
| Mar 23, 4:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 1 N Dell City, TX | ELEV 3708 FT WT-MESO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 3616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
626 WWUS84 KEPZ 221957 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 157 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS BOTH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL GENERATE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS ALL ZONES...WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT SPEEDS 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS OF 55 OR MORE TODAY. ON WEDNESDAY WINDS WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AREA WIDE. WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURES IN PLACE AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGERS EXPECTED...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AREA. NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-231330- /O.UPG.KEPZ.FW.A.0007.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0009.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160323T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ- LNZ-NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY- 157 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056... 110...111...112 AND 113... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY 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 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 9 PM AND WEDNESDAY FROM 12 PM TO 7 PM * AFFECTED AREAS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...112... 113...TEXAS ZONES 055...056. * WIND TODAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND ESPECIALLY ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS. WIND WEDNESDAY...WEST-NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND ESPECIALLY ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...5 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LONG RANGE SPOTTING AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && 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
631 WWUS84 KEPZ 231247 RFWEPZ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 647 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH MOVED THROUGH AREA LAST NIGHT...SO EXPECT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE 5 TO 15 PERCENT AREA WIDE. WITH VERY LOW FUEL MOISTURES IN PLACE AND HIGH OR GREATER FIRE DANGERS EXPECTED...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AREA. NMZ110>113-TXZ055-056-240100- /O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0009.160323T1800Z-160324T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ- LNZ-NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 113 CAPITAN AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS/LINCOLN NF/LNZ- TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 055 EL PASO COUNTY-TEXAS FIRE WEATHER ZONE 056 HUDSPETH COUNTY- 647 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 055...056... 110...111...112 AND 113... * TIMING...12 PM TO 7 PM. * AFFECTED AREAS FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110...111...112... 113... TEXAS ZONES 055...056. * WIND TODAY...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND ESPECIALLY ALONG EASTERN SLOPES OF AREA MOUNTAINS. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AND WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL. LONG RANGE SPOTTING AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD NOT BE DONE. && 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1:12 AM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero | 19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.