Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 60, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jun 3, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT. 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:53 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 444 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
- 5014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Jun 3, 3:00 AM MDT, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:00 AM MDT, 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:00 AM MDT, 21 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2008 NMZ001>021-026-031200- 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- 600 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...WHERE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ALONG WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:41 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:20 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 54 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.