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Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 17, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 17, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2023, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 17, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2023, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:49 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 S Pine Springs, TX | ASOS station KGDP 4 S Pine Springs. |
| Jun 17, 7:02 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 W Midway, NM | ASOS station KROW Roswell Air Center. |
| Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Nnw Pine Springs, TX | Mesonet station GDBT2 The Bowl. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 4749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
686 WWUS84 KMAF 170833 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 333 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, 20 FOOT WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... NMZ116>119-TXZ270-271-273-180200- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0019.230617T1800Z-230618T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0021.230617T1800Z-230618T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 333 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 /233 AM MDT Sat Jun 17 2023/ ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, 20 FOOT WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...This afternoon and evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent. * RFTI...6 to 7, critical to extreme. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow quickly into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
1 follow-up statement
408 WWUS84 KMAF 171906 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 206 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, 20 FOOT WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... NMZ116>119-TXZ270-271-273-180200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230618T0200Z/ Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains-Chaves Plains- Eddy Plains-Lea-Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet- Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-Eastern Culberson County- 206 PM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023 /106 PM MDT Sat Jun 17 2023/ ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE AND DELAWARE MOUNTAINS FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, 20 FOOT WINDS GREATER THAN 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * AFFECTED AREA...Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains, Chaves Plains, Eddy Plains, Lea, Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet, Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains and Eastern Culberson County. * TIMING...Through 9PM CDT/ 8PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent. * RFTI...6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow quickly into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:37 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 7 days |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.