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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2016, 3:13 AM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. 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
- Apr 10, 2016, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
086
WWUS84 KMAF 100813
RFWMAF
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
313 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016
...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FOR WARM...WINDY AND
DRY CONDITIONS...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER...
.SINCE FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
10 THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A LACK OF RAINFALL RECENTLY, CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS WESTERLY WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED AND RH/S DROP TO 5 TO 10
PERCENT.
TXZ074-075-079>082-102030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0021.160410T1700Z-160411T0100Z/
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
313 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT TODAY FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...079...080...
081 AND 082.
* WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
35 TO 45 MPH
* HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.
* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER
TRANS PECOS.
* 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.
&&
$$1 follow-up statement
169 WWUS84 KMAF 101826 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 126 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FOR WARM...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS...AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... .SINCE FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO A LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AS WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH RH/S DROPPING TO 5 TO 10 PERCENT. TXZ074-075-079>082-110100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160411T0100Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 126 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 074...075...079...080... 081 AND 082. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH * HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW... OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 15 hr | |
| Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr |
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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.