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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 31, 202411 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2024, 2:36 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 31, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 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 31, 2024, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 30, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 2:33 PM CDT, 12 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 2:06 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	12 hr
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	31 hr
Mar 31, 2:20 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 1 more	13 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2024 Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2024 Every red flag warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.