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Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 26, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 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
- Mar 26, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2:07 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | Pine Springs, TX | GUADALUPE NATIONAL PARK MESONET |
| Mar 26, 2:51 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 2827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
801 WWUS84 KMAF 260814 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 314 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 NMZ116>119-TXZ270-271-273-270300- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0009.210326T1800Z-210327T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0009.210326T1800Z-210327T0300Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chavez Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 314 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 /214 AM MDT Fri Mar 26 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chavez Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Higher winds in the mountains. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * RFTI...3 in the plains and 6 in the mountains. * 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. && $$ TXZ272-270300- /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0009.210326T1800Z-210327T0300Z/ Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor- 314 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS PARTS OF CULBERSON COUNTY AND THE HWY 54 CORRIDOR... * AFFECTED AREA...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor. * TIMING...Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * WINDS...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent. * RFTI...4 or near critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
117 WWUS84 KMAF 261951 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 251 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 NMZ116>119-TXZ270>273-270300- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210327T0300Z/ 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- 251 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 /151 PM MDT Fri Mar 26 2021/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20 FOOT WINDS OF 25 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chavez Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea County, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains, Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Through early this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. Higher winds in the mountains. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * RFTI...3 in the plains and 6 in the mountains. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 1:48 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 14 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:17 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.