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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 28, 2023, 2:25 PM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2023, 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 28, 2023, 2:25 PM MST (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2023, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2023, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 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 Feb 28, 10:42 AM MST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 10:42 AM MST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 6:22 AM MST, 8 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM 622 AM MST Tue Feb 28 2023 NMZ401-403>414-416-417-TXZ418>424-011330- Upper Gila River Valley-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- 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- 622 AM MST Tue Feb 28 2023 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Windy conditions Wednesday and Thursday will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Patchy blowing dust will result in reductions to visibility during the afternoon. A mix of light rain and snow showers may cause roadways to become slick Thursday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. NMZ402-415-011330- Southern Gila Highlands/Black Range- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet- 622 AM MST Tue Feb 28 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central New Mexico and southwest New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Windy conditions Wednesday and Thursday will make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Winds will be strong enough to blow down trees and cause temporary power outages. Snow accumulations will be likely across the Gila Wilderness Thursday morning, with 4 to 8 inches of new snow causing travel restrictions along mountain highways. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Dennhardt
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:37 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra | 11 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:51 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | 24 hr | |
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 22 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:22 PM MST | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 53 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2023Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2023Every red flag warning in 2023
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.