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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS El Paso, TX

May 18, 2022Catron County, Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2022, 2:49 PM MDT for Catron County, Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 19, 2022, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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: May 18, 2022, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2022, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 19, 2022, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Catron County, NM, Grant County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 17, 5:30 PM MDT, 21 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 5:30 PM MDT, 21 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:49 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	EPZ	Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.