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Red Flag Warning 3, NWS El Paso, TX

February 22, 20227 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2022, 12:23 PM MST for 7 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2022, 12:00 PM MST. 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
Feb 22, 2022, 12:23 PM MST (19:23 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2022, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 23, 2022, 7:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 365 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2022-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2022-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 22, 10:44 AM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 10:44 AM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 6:36 AM MST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
636 AM MST Tue Feb 22 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-231345-
Upper Gila River Valley-Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range-
Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley-
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley-Lowlands of the Bootheel-
Uplands of the Bootheel-Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-
Eastern Black Range Foothills-Sierra County Lakes-
Northern Dona Ana County-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley-
Central Tularosa Basin-Southern Tularosa Basin-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet-
East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet-Otero Mesa-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-
Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-
Southern Hudspeth Highlands-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County-
636 AM MST Tue Feb 22 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central
New Mexico, southwest New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Southwesterly winds will become breezy to windy afternoon but will
remain below wind advisory criteria. Some patchy blowing dust is
possible this afternoon especially along the Interstate 10
corridor. Elevated fire danger conditions will be present this
afternoon. Winds will diminish in the evening hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong southwest to west winds are expected Wednesday afternoon.
Sustained wind speeds between 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph
will be possible for areas north and west of El Paso to the
Arizona state line. Extensive blowing dust is also expected to
occur with the winds. Critical fire danger levels will occur for
mainly the desert lowlands and grasslands. Mostly light snow
showers and flurries will be possible for the mountains of the
Gila Region and Sacramento mountains Wednesday night and Thursday
morning. Drier and calmer conditions with lower wind speeds and
seasonal temperatures will occur Thursday through next Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Lundeen

The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 4:24 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra15 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2022Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2022Every red flag warning in 2022

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.