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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 11, 2017, 4:37 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 11, 2017, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 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 11, 2017, 4:37 AM CST (10:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2017, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 3270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
912 WWUS84 KMAF 111037 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 437 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN, VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... .An approaching upper level storm system will result in gusty west winds today. These winds will enhance temperatures rising to 30 degrees above normal, which will, in turn, drop RH to 10 percent. Fuels are dry and fire danger will be high to very high. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-046-050-057>060-258-112030- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0002.170211T1700Z-170212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0004.170211T1700Z-170212T0000Z/ Guadalupe Mountains-Southeast Plains-Gaines-Dawson-Andrews- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Loving-Winkler- 437 AM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 /337 AM MST Sat Feb 11 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ this morning to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * WIND...West 15 to 30 mph and gusty. * HUMIDITY...10 percent. * TEMPERATURES...20 degrees above normal in the mountains to 30 degrees above normal in the plains. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not throw cigarettes onto the ground or out of a moving vehicle. Keep vehicles on driving surfaces and do not drive through tall grass. Avoid activities that may produce outdoor flames or sparks. && $$
1 follow-up statement
421 WWUS84 KMAF 112031 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 231 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN, VAN HORN AND THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR AND REEVES COUNTY AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS... .An approaching upper level storm system will result in gusty west winds today. These winds will enhance temperatures rising to 30 degrees above normal, which will, in turn, drop RH to 10 percent. Fuels are dry and fire danger will be high to very high. NMZ114-115-TXZ045-046-050-057>060-258-120000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170212T0000Z/ Guadalupe Mountains-Southeast Plains-Gaines-Dawson-Andrews- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Loving-Winkler- 231 PM CST Sat Feb 11 2017 /131 PM MST Sat Feb 11 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * WIND...West 15 to 30 mph and gusty. * HUMIDITY...10 percent. * TEMPERATURES...20 degrees above normal in the mountains to 30 degrees above normal in the plains. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not throw cigarettes onto the ground or out of a moving vehicle. Keep vehicles on driving surfaces and do not drive through tall grass. Avoid activities that may produce outdoor flames or sparks. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:39 PM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 45 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more | 23 hr |
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.