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Red Flag Warning 18, NWS El Paso, TX

September 26, 2020Lincoln County, Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Sep 26, 2020, 8:36 AM MDT for Lincoln County, Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 26, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. 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: Sep 26, 2020, 8:36 AM MDT (14:36 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 26, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 26, 2020, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Sep 26, 5:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 5:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 26, 2:17 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	EPZ	Grant, Hidalgo, Luna	28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2020 Every red flag warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.