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Red Flag Warning 51, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 20, 200812 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2008, 2:27 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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 20, 2008, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 21, 2008, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 20, 3:05 AM MDT, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:05 AM MDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:55 AM MDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

NMZ001>021-026-211200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
555 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AREAWIDE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. ON BOTH DAYS SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH.

FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN
THE FORECAST. DEPENDING ON WHERE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE GREAT BASIN...FRIDAY COULD BRING
EITHER ANOTHER DAY OF STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE AREA EAST OF
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...OR A DRY LINE COULD DEVELOP WITH SOME
POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL
ALSO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THERE IS A
SMALL CHANCE THAT THE DRY LINE MAY BECOME ACTIVE ON SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON THE EASTERN
PLAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FRIDAY...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ON
THE EASTERN PLAINS.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 2:27 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more	41 hr
May 20, 3:00 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.