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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2021, 3:41 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 7, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 7, 2021, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 5403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
901 WWUS84 KMAF 070841 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 341 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 NMZ116>119-TXZ270>273-072045- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0012.210407T1800Z-210408T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chavez Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Eastern Culberson County- 341 AM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 /241 AM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND CULBERSON COUNTY FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chavez Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon through early evening. * WINDS...In the plains, west 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts. In the mountains, west 25 to 35 mph with higher gusts. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent. * RFTI...6 to 8 or critical to extreme. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
601 WWUS84 KMAF 071806 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 106 PM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 NMZ116-118-TXZ270>273-081030- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0012.210408T1800Z-210409T0200Z/ /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210408T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Eddy Plains- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Eastern Culberson County- 106 PM CDT Wed Apr 7 2021 /1206 PM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND CULBERSON COUNTY FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR DRY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Fire Weather Watch for dry, very windy, and extreme fire danger conditions, which is in effect from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Eddy Plains, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon through early evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent. * RFTI...6 to 8 or extreme. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ NMZ117-119-080200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210408T0200Z/ Chavez Plains-Lea- 1206 PM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND CULBERSON COUNTY FOR VERY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * AFFECTED AREA...Chavez Plains and Lea. * TIMING...This afternoon through early evening. * WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * RFTI...4 to 6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 14 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.