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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 29, 202424 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Dec 29, 2024, 1:45 PM CST for 24 counties in Texas; 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 30, 2024, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 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: Dec 29, 2024, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 30, 2024, 8:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2024, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

All 29 counties

Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 Dec 29, 11:20 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 11:20 AM CST, 2 hours 25 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
Dec 29, 1:11 AM CST	High Wind Watch	MAF	Culberson	18 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.