Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 2, 2009, 2:46 PM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 3, 2009, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 2, 2009, 2:46 PM MST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2009, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 4094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 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 022146 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 246 PM MST MON MAR 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PLAINS AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE WIND FLOW APPEARS TO BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY THAN TUESDAY. THICKENING CLOUD COVER WILL BE THE MITIGATING FACTOR TO THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ103-104-107-108-031500- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0012.090303T1700Z-090304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0013.090303T1800Z-090304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0013.090304T1700Z-090305T0000Z/ 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- 246 PM MST MON MAR 2 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TUESDAY 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. $$ 50
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KABQ 031358 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 658 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .ANOTHER ROUND OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TODAY WHICH WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DECLINE TO LESS THAN 10 PERCENT IN MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. IN ADDITION...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY THE LATE MORNING...CREATING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER. THE WIND FLOW APPEARS TO BE STRONGER ON WEDNESDAY...ALLOWING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO BE MET WITH RELATIVE EASE. NMZ103-104-107-108-040000- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.090303T1800Z-090304T0000Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0013.090304T1700Z-090305T0000Z/ 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- 658 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. 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 AGAIN FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ 52
000 WWUS85 KABQ 032054 RFWABQ RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 154 PM MST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE PRIOR TO SUNSET. WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES WILL ALLOW FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN FOR WEDNESDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THESE AREAS FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS COUPLED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES. IN ADDITION... AN HOUR OR TWO OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ103-104-107-108-041500- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0013.090304T1700Z-090305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.090304T1700Z-090305T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0014.090305T1700Z-090306T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090304T0000Z/ 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- 154 PM MST TUE MAR 3 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 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 THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ DPORTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:02 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:46 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.