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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX

March 16, 2022Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2022, 6:06 AM MDT for Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 16, 2022, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 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 16, 2022, 6:06 AM MDT (12:06 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2022, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2022, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2022-03-16Temperature 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 2022-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 16, 5:14 AM MDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 5:14 AM MDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 5:29 AM MDT, 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
529 AM MDT Wed Mar 16 2022

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-171130-
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-
529 AM MDT Wed Mar 16 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Breezy to windy conditions will develop this afternoon and persist
into the late evening hours. Very dry and warmer than normal
conditions, combined with the stronger winds will make for
elevated fire weather concerns this afternoon and early evening.
There could also be isolated areas of local blowing dust that
could impact travel.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Stronger winds and potentially the highest temperatures of the
year are likely for Sunday. Areas of blowing dust will likely
impact travel. In addition, wildfire danger will be elevated to
critical.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

BIRD

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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.