Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 1, 2016, 4:04 AM CST for 13 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 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
- Feb 1, 2016, 4:04 AM CST (10:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Borden County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 3517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
305 WWUS84 KMAF 011004 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 404 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST/8 AM MST TO 6 PM CST/5 PM MST TODAY FOR WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GAIL...ODESSA...FORT STOCKTON... MARFA AND CANDELARIA LINE... .STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GAIL TO ODESSA TO TO FORT STOCKTON TO MARFA TO CANDELARIA LINE WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE THE LOWEST. TXZ046-050-058-060-067-011115- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0004.160201T1500Z-160202T0000Z/ DAWSON-ANDREWS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-WINKLER-WARD- 404 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH OF A GAIL TO ODESSA TO FORT STOCKTON TO MARFA TO CANDELARIA LINE... RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY STAY ABOVE 15 PERCENT...THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TXZ047-048-051>053-061>063-068>070-074-075-079>082-012100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0004.160201T1500Z-160202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0005.160201T1500Z-160202T0000Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 404 AM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TODAY FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...STOCKTON PLATEAU... DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND REGION AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25-35 MPH AND GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
846 WWUS84 KMAF 011928 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 128 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST/5 PM MST TODAY FOR WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GAIL...ODESSA...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA AND CANDELARIA LINE... .STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GAIL TO ODESSA TO TO FORT STOCKTON TO MARFA TO CANDELARIA LINE WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE THE LOWEST. TXZ047-048-051>053-061>063-068>070-074-075-079>082-020000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160202T0000Z/ BORDEN-SCURRY-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK- CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS- PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- 128 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 5 TO 15 PERCENT AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MOST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...STOCKTON PLATEAU... DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND REGION AND LOWER TRANS PECOS... * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. * HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:49 AM CST | Blowing Dust Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 16 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:49 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| Feb 1, 4:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Borden, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 7 more | 16 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.