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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 23, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 23, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. 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
- Mar 23, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Culberson County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 3671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
924 WWUS84 KMAF 230830 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 330 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021 TXZ270-271-273-231945- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0008.210323T1800Z-210324T0100Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 330 AM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021 /230 AM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN TEXAS AND EAST CULBERSON COUNTY FOR HUMIDITY OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS, WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER... The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry and windy conditions, which is in effect from 1 PM CDT /noon MDT/ this afternoon to 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Guadalupe Mountains in Texas and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ this afternoon TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph and gusty. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent. * RFTI...6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
309 WWUS84 KMAF 231927 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 227 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021 TXZ270-271-273-240100- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210324T0100Z/ Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 227 PM CDT Tue Mar 23 2021 /127 PM MDT Tue Mar 23 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS IN TEXAS AND EAST CULBERSON COUNTY FOR HUMIDITY OF 10 PERCENT OR LESS, WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER... * AFFECTED AREA...Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, Delaware Mountains, and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon until early this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph and gusty. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent. * RFTI...6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
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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.