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Red Flag Warning 8, NWS El Paso, TX
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.