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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 14, 202413 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2024, 2:29 AM CDT for 13 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 15, 2024, 12:00 PM 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
Apr 14, 2024, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2024, 10:00 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, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Ector 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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 Apr 14, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 1:40 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson31 hr
Apr 14, 1:40 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves and 2 more31 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2024Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2024Every 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.