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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 26, 20245 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2024, 1:46 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 26, 2024, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2024, 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, Brewster County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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 26, 12:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 12:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines50 min
Apr 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines48 min
Apr 25, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines33 min
Apr 25, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson46 min
Apr 26, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan43 min
Apr 26, 1:29 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson48 hr
Apr 26, 2:40 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves11 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.