A Red Flag Warning was issued for the area. Relative humidity values were in the single digits due to above normal temperatures, and a wind advisory was in effect for the northwest Permian Basin.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A Red Flag Warning was issued for the area. Relative humidity values were in the single digits due to above normal temperatures, and a wind advisory was in effect for the northwest Permian Basin. The fire danger rating was very high to extreme.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 6, 11:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1240 AM CDT THU APR 7 2011
.DISCUSSION...
THE LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION IS BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS ALL
OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...FOR THE MOST PART. MID
AND HIGH CLOUDS...ALONG WITH VIRGA OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM
WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS
WILL THEN BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. SUSPECT SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 25-30KT AT ALL TAF SITES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40KT...ESPECIALLY AT CARLSBAD.
HAVE INCLUDED MVFR VISIBILITIES AT CARLSBAD...PECOS AND WINK FOR
BLOWING DUST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND
08/01Z. 67
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.
TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
ANDREWS...BIG BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE
MOUNTAINS AREA...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...
MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...
REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...
TERRELL...UPTON...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...
WINKLER.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 146 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-071900- 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- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 146 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 /1246 PM MDT WED APR 6 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THERE DURING THIS TIME. HOT...WINDY...AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO AFFECT LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 TODAY...IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR PERSIST OVER THE REGION. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THURSDAY...AND AGAIN SATURDAY...COULD RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. WESTERLY WINDS OF 25-35 MPH COULD AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM THE VAN HORN AREA...NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING DUST WOULD LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE ENHANCED WINDS. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS COULD OCCUR ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS SATURDAY...WITH HIGH WINDS IN THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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 /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire, known as the Turner Fire, burned 3,200 acres in Midland County. Several oil pump jacks and other oil field equipment was threatened and saved.
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