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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 3, 2009Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 3, 2009, 1:54 PM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 4, 2009, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 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 3, 2009, 1:54 PM MST (20:54 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2009, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Mar 4, 2009, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 9 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 20:52 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 Mar 3, 1:52 PM MST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 1:52 PM MST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 5:20 AM MST, 8 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
520 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2009

NMZ001>021-026-041300-
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-
520 AM MST TUE MAR 3 2009

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 LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS...THE SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE
EASTERN PLAINS. LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS...THE SANDIA-MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND GALLINAS
MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS. LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN
ADDITION...EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH OVER THE SUMMITS AND
THROUGH GAPS IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD TO THE SUMMITS AND GAPS OF THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

FOR THURSDAY...EXPECT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO REDEVELOP
OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS...THE SANDIA-
MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS
WITH CONTINUED GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. GUSTY
WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE SUMMITS AND HILLTOPS OF
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT NORTHEAST
HIGHLANDS...WITH GUSTY WINDS REACHING THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...RAIN SHOWERS CHANGING TO SNOW
OVER THE HIGH COUNTRY OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS MAY
PRODUCE ACCUMULATIONS OF SEVERAL INCHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE
SHOWERS TAPER OFF LATE SUNDAY.

FOR MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS.

SHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 1:54 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more	40 hr

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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.