Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 15, 2021, 1:31 AM MST for 5 counties in New Mexico; Culberson County, Gaines County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 15, 2021, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. 5 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 15, 2021, 1:31 AM MST (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2021, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 15, 10:30 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Artesia, NM | POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON MANN STREET IN ARTESIA CAUSING A POWER OUTAGE. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 15, 10:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 1 W Artesia, NM | |
| Dec 15, 10:36 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | 2 Ne Dunken, NM | DUNKEN RAWS. |
| Dec 15, 1:38 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 N Pine Springs, TX | AT GUADALUPE BOWL RAWS. |
| Dec 15, 2:51 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 5 S Pine Springs, TX | GUADALUPE PASS ASOS. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 2812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
173 WWUS84 KMAF 150831 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 231 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 NMZ116>119-TXZ045-270-271-273-152045- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0024.211215T1700Z-211216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0023.211215T1700Z-211216T0000Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Gaines-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 231 AM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 /131 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT, 20FT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, GAINES COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CULBERSON COUNTY... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Red Flag Warning for humidity as low as 16% and 20ft winds of 25 mph or more, which is in effect from 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ this morning to 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon through this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph for the plains. West winds 45 to 55 mph with gusts up to 70 mph for the Guadalupe Mountains. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent. * RFTI...2 to 4 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
704 WWUS84 KMAF 152017 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 217 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT, 20FT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, GAINES COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CULBERSON COUNTY... NMZ116>119-TXZ045-270-271-273-160000- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-211216T0000Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Gaines-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 217 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021 /117 PM MST Wed Dec 15 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT, 20FT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, SACRAMENTO FOOTHILLS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS, GAINES COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CULBERSON COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...Gaines, Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon through this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph for the plains. West winds 45 to 55 mph with gusts up to 75 mph for the Guadalupe Mountains. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent. * RFTI...4 or near critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
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.