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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 10, 2021, 3:38 AM CST for 9 counties in Texas; Chaves County, Lea County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 reports 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
- Dec 10, 2021, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 12:22 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 Sw Seagraves, TX | |
| Dec 10, 1:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nnw Dunken, NM | |
| Dec 10, 2:02 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 2 Nne Seminole, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 4199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
273 WWUS84 KMAF 100938 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 338 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 NMZ118-TXZ059>062-067-273-274-278-101045- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0023.211210T1600Z-211211T0200Z/ Eddy Plains-Loving-Winkler-Ector-Midland-Ward- Eastern Culberson County-Reeves County Plains- Davis Mountains Foothills- 338 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 /238 AM MST Fri Dec 10 2021/ ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. The fire weather watch has been cancelled. $$ NMZ117-119-TXZ045>048-050>053-063-102130- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0023.211210T1600Z-211211T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0022.211210T1700Z-211211T0100Z/ Chaves Plains-Lea-Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin- Howard-Mitchell-Glasscock- 338 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 /238 AM MST Fri Dec 10 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT, 20 FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Red Flag Warning for humidity as low as 20 percent and 20 ft winds of 20 mph or more, which is in effect from 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ this morning to 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Andrews, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Glasscock, Chaves Plains and Lea. * TIMING...From this morning through this evening. * WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * RFTI...4 or near critical. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not throw cigarettes onto the ground or out of a moving vehicle. Keep vehicles on driving surfaces and do not drive through tall grass. && $$
1 follow-up statement
541 WWUS84 KMAF 101934 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 134 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 NMZ117-119-TXZ045>048-050>053-063-110100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-211211T0100Z/ Chaves Plains-Lea-Gaines-Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin- Howard-Mitchell-Glasscock- 134 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 /1234 PM MST Fri Dec 10 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT, 20 FT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Red Flag Warning for humidity as low as 20 percent and 20 FT winds of 25 mph or more, which is in effect from until 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ this evening. Very strong winds will help any fires that develop to spread uncontrollably. * AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Dawson, Borden, Scurry, Andrews, Martin, Howard, Mitchell, Glasscock, Chaves Plains and Lea. * TIMING...Until 7 PM CST or 6 PM MST. * WINDS...West 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 18 percent. * RFTI...4 or near critical. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not throw cigarettes onto the ground or out of a moving vehicle. Keep vehicles on driving surfaces and do not drive through tall grass. && $$
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.