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Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2024, 2:51 AM CDT for 6 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 7, 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
- May 7, 2024, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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, Loving County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 419 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
- 4271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 7, 12:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 11:00 AM CDT, 15 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1100 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-071600- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains- Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines- Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 1100 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024 /1000 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A Red Flag Warning is in effect through early this evening for Southeast New Mexico and West Texas south to the Davis Mountains. A High Wind Warning is in effect through this evening for the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Tuesday and early Tuesday evening for Southeast New Mexico and West Texas south to the Davis Mountains. Critical fire weather conditions are expected Wednesday and Thursday, mainly across the higher terrain. High winds are possible through Saturday, mainly in the afternoons in the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland, can be found on the internet at... https://weather.gov/midland 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves | 19 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.