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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2021, 4:09 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 8, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2021, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:03 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 4 S Pine Springs, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
814 WWUS84 KMAF 080909 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 409 AM CDT Sat May 8 2021 NMZ119-081015- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0021.210508T1800Z-210509T0200Z/ Lea- 309 AM MDT Sat May 8 2021 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR LEA COUNTY... Recent rainfall in Lea County will mitigate a higher end fire weather threat, therefore the watch has been cancelled. $$ NMZ116>118-TXZ270-271-273-082100- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0021.210508T1800Z-210509T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0020.210508T1800Z-210509T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 409 AM CDT Sat May 8 2021 /309 AM MDT Sat May 8 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon and early evening. * WINDS...Southwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph in the mountains. Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph in the plains. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * RFTI...7 to 8 or extreme. * IMPACTS...Observe local burn bans. Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$ TXZ272-082100- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0020.210508T1800Z-210509T0200Z/ Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- 409 AM CDT Sat May 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN WESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor. * TIMING...This afternoon and early evening. * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent. * RFTI...7 to 8 or extreme. * IMPACTS...Observe local burn bans. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
950 WWUS84 KMAF 081837 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 137 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 NMZ116>118-TXZ270>273-090200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210509T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- Eastern Culberson County- 137 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021 /1237 PM MDT Sat May 8 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills, Guadalupe Mountains, Southeast New Mexico plains, Delaware Mountains, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor, and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Through early evening. * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 4 percent. * RFTI...6 critical to 8 extreme. * IMPACTS...Observe local burn bans. Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 25 min |
| May 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 39 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 46 min |
| May 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 51 min |
| May 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Martin | 37 min |
| May 8, 3:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 17 hr |
| May 7, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 59 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.