Alert archive / Texas / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2017, 3:22 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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 17, 2017, 3:22 AM CST (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Crane County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
073 WWUS84 KMAF 170922 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 322 AM CST Fri Feb 17 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR WARM, WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE PECOS RIVER... .Tight northwest flow aloft over the region will result in windy and above normal temperatures this afternoon. Since relative humidity will drop to around 15 percent in these areas, and fire danger will be high to very high, a Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon until 600 pm CST. NMZ115-TXZ058>060-067-068-075-180000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0005.170217T1800Z-170218T0000Z/ Southeast Plains-Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Loving- Winkler-Ward-Crane-Pecos- 322 AM CST Fri Feb 17 2017 /222 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF THE PECOS RIVER... * WIND...West to northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * HUMIDITY...Around 15 percent. * TEMPERATURES...10 to 15 degrees above normal. * 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 dangerous fire behavior. && $$
1 follow-up statement
427 WWUS84 KMAF 172022 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 222 PM CST Fri Feb 17 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR WARM... WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS... A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 5pm mst/6pm cst. RH values have slowly been falling this afternoon as temperatures rise and should go below 15 percent. Combine this with a gusty west wind with 20ft wind speeds well above 20 mph and the result will be critical fire weather conditions. Wind speeds will decrease this evening ending the short term fire weather concerns. NMZ115-TXZ058>060-067-068-075-180000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170218T0000Z/ Southeast Plains-Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos-Loving- Winkler-Ward-Crane-Pecos- 222 PM CST Fri Feb 17 2017 /122 PM MST Fri Feb 17 2017/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE TRANS PECOS... * WIND...West to northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 percent. * TEMPERATURES...10 to 15 degrees above normal. * IMPACTS...any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures can contribute to dangerous fire behavior. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:02 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| Feb 17, 4:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward | 16 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.