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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 8, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 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
- May 7, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 2351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
140 WWUS84 KMAF 071930 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT SUNDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .NEAR AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS APACHE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS EXPANDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON. RH/S WILL DROP TO 8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY BEHIND A DRYLINE...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING THAT COULD PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL AS GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...POTENTIALLY IMPACTING EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. LOW RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND EASTWARD ON SUNDAY INTO THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN. HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN WITH MANY PLACES EXPERIENCING WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE. NMZ114-115-TXZ057-074-080-258-081000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0032.160508T1600Z-160509T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160508T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST PLAINS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- 230 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 /130 PM MDT SAT MAY 7 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT SUNDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...1 TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE. * 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. && $$ TXZ045-050-058>061-067-081000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0032.160508T1600Z-160509T0300Z/ GAINES-ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER- ECTOR-WARD- 230 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT SUNDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM CDT SUNDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
4 follow-up statements
340 WWUS84 KMAF 080836 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 336 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS APACHE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS EXPANDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON. RH/S WILL DROP TO 8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY...WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND FAR LOWER TRANS PECOS. ON SUNDAY...RH/S WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THOUGH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND CURED FUELS ACROSS THE WEST AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY YIELD ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-082100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0027.160509T1700Z-160510T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0032.160508T1600Z-160509T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST PLAINS-GAINES-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 336 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 /236 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$
239 WWUS84 KMAF 080857 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS... VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS... REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS APACHE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS EXPANDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON. RH/S WILL DROP TO 8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY...WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND FAR LOWER TRANS PECOS. ON MONDAY... RH/S WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THOUGH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND CURED FUELS ACROSS THE WEST AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY YIELD ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-081700- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0032.160508T1600Z-160509T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0027.160509T1700Z-160510T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST PLAINS-GAINES-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 357 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 /257 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS... REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR... AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$
070 WWUS84 KMAF 080900 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT/11 AM CDT THIS MORNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS... VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS... REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS APACHE MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HIGHER WIND SPEEDS EXPANDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MARFA PLATEAU THIS AFTERNOON. RH/S WILL DROP TO 8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY...WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND FAR LOWER TRANS PECOS. ON MONDAY... RH/S WILL RANGE FROM 9 TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THOUGH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND CURED FUELS ACROSS THE WEST AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY YIELD ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-082100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0032.160508T1600Z-160509T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0027.160509T1700Z-160510T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST PLAINS-GAINES-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 400 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 /300 AM MDT SUN MAY 8 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TEMPERATURES...1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$
367 WWUS84 KMAF 081902 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 202 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS... REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... .NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MARFA PLATEAU WITH HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE/DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RH/S WILL DROP TO 7 TO 12 PERCENT TODAY...WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. ON MONDAY... RH/S WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...THOUGH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS AND CURED FUELS ACROSS THE WEST AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY YIELD ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-091000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160509T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.A.0027.160509T1700Z-160510T0300Z/ GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST PLAINS-GAINES-ANDREWS- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 202 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 /102 PM MDT SUN MAY 8 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT MONDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR FOR THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS... REEVES COUNTY...GUADALUPE AND DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS...VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND THE MARFA PLATEAU FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE...AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH...HIGHER IN THE MOUNTAINS. * HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:55 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| May 7, 2:07 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| May 7, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 53 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2016Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 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.