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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 10, 2016Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF15 hr
Apr 10, 3:49 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAF15 hr

Nearby

Red 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.