Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 8, 2021, 2:58 AM CST for Culberson County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 8, 2021, 12:00 PM 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 8, 2021, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 4723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
838 WWUS84 KMAF 080858 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 258 AM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... .Above normal temperatures will combine with dry and windy conditions to produce critical fire weather across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and surrounding plains in Culberson County this afternoon. NMZ116-TXZ270-271-273-082100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0001.210208T1800Z-210209T0100Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 258 AM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 /158 AM MST Mon Feb 8 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Late this morning through early this evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * RFTI...3 to 6 or near critical to critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. 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 will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
698 WWUS84 KMAF 082033 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 233 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... .Above normal temperatures will combine with dry and windy conditions to produce critical fire weather across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and surrounding plains in Culberson County this afternoon. NMZ116-TXZ270-271-273-091000- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0001.210209T1800Z-210210T0100Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210209T0100Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 233 PM CST Mon Feb 8 2021 /133 PM MST Mon Feb 8 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 12% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Fire Weather Watch for the Guadalupe and Delaware mountains, as well as Eastern Culberson county, which is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Late this morning through early this evening for the Red Flag Warning. Tuesday afternoon and early evening for the Fire Weather Watch * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * RFTI...4 or near critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. 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 will increase potential for fire growth. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2:33 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 13 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.