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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2024, 2:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Apr 8, 2024, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 228 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 3317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
372 WWUS84 KMAF 081939 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 239 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024 TXZ075-278-082045- /O.CAN.KMAF.FW.A.0013.240409T1400Z-240410T0400Z/ Pecos-Davis Mountains Foothills- 239 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND PECOS COUNTY... $$ TXZ082-275>277-279>282-090745- /O.UPG.KMAF.FW.A.0013.240409T1400Z-240410T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0013.240409T1700Z-240410T0200Z/ Terrell-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-Presidio Valley- Lower Brewster County- 239 PM CDT Mon Apr 8 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 90 Corridor FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 10 PERCENT, 20 FOOT WINDS OVER 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * TIMING...Tuesday 9 AM CDT TO 11 PM CDT. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * RFTI...5 to 6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks, such as outdoor burning or welding. Extinguish cigarettes in vehicles. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$
2 follow-up statements
422 WWUS84 KMAF 090809 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 309 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024 TXZ082-275>277-279>282-100200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0013.240409T1700Z-240410T0200Z/ Terrell-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-Presidio Valley- Lower Brewster County- 309 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TODAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY NEAR 10 PERCENT, 20 FOOT WINDS OVER 20 MPH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... * TIMING...Tuesday Noon CDT TO 9 PM CDT. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * RFTI...6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks, such as outdoor burning or welding. Extinguish cigarettes in vehicles. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow 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. && $$
207 WWUS84 KMAF 091945 RFWMAF URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 245 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR MOST OF WEST TEXAS SOUTH OF I-10... TXZ082-275>277-279>282-100200- /O.CON.KMAF.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-240410T0200Z/ Terrell-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-Presidio Valley- Lower Brewster County- 245 PM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15% OR LESS, 20-FT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR MORE, AND HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER... * TIMING...Tuesday Noon CDT TO 9 PM CDT. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent. * RFTI...6 or critical. * IMPACTS...Avoid the use of open flames or any activities that may generate sparks, such as outdoor burning or welding. Extinguish cigarettes in vehicles. Accidental ignitions will have the potential to grow into dangerous wind-driven wildfires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will increase potential for fire growth. && $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 51 min |
| Apr 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 63 min |
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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.