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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS El Paso, TX

March 5, 20227 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2022, 1:32 PM MST for 7 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 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
Mar 5, 2022, 1:32 PM MST (20:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2022, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 6, 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, Hudspeth County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-03-05Temperature 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2022-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -124 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
2112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 Mar 5, 10:48 AM MST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 10:48 AM MST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 6:13 AM MST, 7 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
613 AM MST Sat Mar 5 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-061315-
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-
613 AM MST Sat Mar 5 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time. Breezy west winds
will develop in the afternoon. Elevated fire danger conditions
are possible for portions of Otero and Hudspeth counties due to
breezy winds and very dry conditions.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

A weather system will pass north of the local area and generate
strong westerly winds across the area Sunday afternoon. Wind
speeds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph will be possible.
Some patchy blowing dust may occur in dust prone area. However
dust is not expected to be as widespread as previous events. Fire
danger with will be high with Red Flag Critical fire conditions
expected for Sunday afternoon. Calmer conditions with lower wind
speeds for much of next week. Another weather system will impact
the region next Friday with a mix of wintry weather and winds
possible.

.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
Mar 5, 6:47 AM MSTFire Weather WatchEPZDoña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and 1 more7 hr
Mar 5, 1:40 PM MSTWind AdvisoryEPZOtero29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.