Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at May 9, 2016, 3:57 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 9, 2016, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 3370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
808 WWUS84 KMAF 090857 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 357 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT/NOON CDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT TODAY 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 AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH WEST 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 HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE/DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. GRASSES ACROSS THE WEST REMAIN CURED AS THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED TO THE EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...AND GIVEN RH/S EXPECTED TO DROP 8 TO AROUND 15 PERCENT TODAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-092100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0027.160509T1700Z-160510T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0033.160509T1700Z-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 MON MAY 9 2016 /257 AM MDT MON MAY 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY 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 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... THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
804 WWUS84 KMAF 091909 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 209 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT TODAY 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 AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... WITH WEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...AND MARFA PLATEAU WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE/DAVIS MOUNTAINS. GRASSES ACROSS THE WEST REMAIN CURED AS THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED TO THE EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...AND GIVEN RH/S OF AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-050-057>061-067-074-080-258-100300- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-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- 209 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 /109 PM MDT MON MAY 9 2016/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT/10 PM CDT TODAY 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...1 TO 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. * WIND...WEST 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 9, 12:30 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| May 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 113 min |
| May 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| May 9, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 41 min |
| May 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| May 9, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 53 min |
| May 9, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 25 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.