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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS El Paso, TX

May 3, 20217 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2021, 4:08 AM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 3, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 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: May 3, 2021, 4:08 AM MDT (10:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 3, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 4697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

363 
WWUS84 KEPZ 031008
RFWEPZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
408 AM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.A passing upper level trough will again help generate a bout of
enhanced winds Monday afternoon. While wind speeds will be much
less than Sunday, they will still be strong enough that when
combined with very low RH values, critical fire weather conditions
will occur.

NMZ111-112-031815-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FW.W.0022.210503T2000Z-210504T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 
 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 
 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ-
408 AM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 111 AND 112...

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 7 PM MDT this evening. 

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 111. Fire weather zone 112
  generally along and west of the Rio Grande.

* WIND...West-northwest 20 to 30 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 to 15 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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

923 
WWUS84 KEPZ 032042
RFWEPZ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
242 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.A passing upper level trough will again help generate a bout of
enhanced winds Monday afternoon. While wind speeds will be much
less than Sunday, they will still be strong enough that when
combined with very low RH values, critical fire weather
conditions will occur.

NMZ111-112-040100-
/O.CON.KEPZ.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210504T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 111 
 SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND LOWLANDS/LAS CRUCES BLM/GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 112 
 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWLANDS AND SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE VALLEY/BLM/GLZ-
242 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 111 AND 112...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 111. Fire weather zone 112 
  generally along and west of the Rio Grande. 

* WIND...West-northwest 20 to 30 MPH with gusts to 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 to 15 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.

&&

$$

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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.