Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Oct 20, 2007, 5:56 AM MST for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 20, 2007, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Oct 20, 2007, 5:56 AM MST (12:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2007, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2007, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KABQ 201256 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 656 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A STORM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL DEEPEN AND RACE SOUTHEAST TOWARD NEW MEXICO THIS WEEKEND. WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...BELOW 8500 FEET...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NMZ103-104-107-108-202130- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0014.071020T1800Z-071021T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.071020T1800Z-071021T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 656 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ101-105-202130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.071020T2000Z-071021T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 656 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KABQ 202130 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MOST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND VERY EARLY EVENING... .A STORM OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL DEEPEN AND RACE SOUTHEAST TOWARD NEW MEXICO SUNDAY. WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE IN OR NEAR THE 10 AND 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO...BELOW 8500 FEET...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE A GOOD POSSIBILITY AGAIN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT. NMZ107-108-210100- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ105-210100- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ103-104-210100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ101-210100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ106-109-210100- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 330 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
000 WWUS85 KABQ 210044 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING OVER NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL...AND MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL EXPIRE THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH MOST OF WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .A VIGOROUS STORM LOCATED OVER THE GREAT BASIN EARLY THIS EVENING WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST TOWARD NEW MEXICO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS ALOFT AS WELL AS BRISK WINDS ACCOMPANYING A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR MAINLY AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT. NMZ105-211400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ NMZ101-210145- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$ NMZ107-108-211400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ103-104-210200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-071021T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ NMZ106-109-211400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0015.071021T1800Z-071022T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 644 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2:30 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:39 PM MST | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 24 hr | |
| Oct 20, 2:39 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 30 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2007Every red flag warning in 2007
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.