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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

April 10, 20215 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2021, 2:50 AM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT. 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: Apr 10, 2021, 2:50 AM MDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Catron County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 5469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

844 
WWUS84 KEPZ 100850
RFWEPZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
250 AM MDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.Westerly winds across portions west of the Rio Grande intensify
this afternoon as a surface low develops over western New Mexico.
The strongest winds are expected in the southern portions of the 
Gila region and the southwest deserts this afternoon and early 
this evening. Also humidity continues to be below 10 percent. 
Thus, critical fire weather conditions are expected today.

NMZ110-111-110300-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0014.210410T2000Z-210411T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 
 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 
 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
250 AM MDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES 110 AND 111...

The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has
issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from 2 PM this
afternoon to 9 PM MDT this evening. 

* AFFECTED AREA... New Mexico fire weather zones 110 and 111.

* WIND...20 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

* HUMIDITY...5 to 10 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.

&&

$$

Crespo

1 follow-up statement

830 
WWUS84 KEPZ 110249
RFWEPZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 10 2021

NMZ110-111-110400-
/O.EXP.KEPZ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210411T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 110 
 SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/GILA NF/APACHE NF/GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 
 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 110 AND
111...

Winds have subsided across the area this evening, therefore, the
Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. 

$$
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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.