Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2009, 4:18 AM MDT for 11 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2009, 4:18 AM MDT (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2009, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2009, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 5:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Wnw Gallup, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 3810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 221018 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 418 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE EASTERN PLAINS FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS FOR MOST AREAS EXCLUDING THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TO THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MIGRATE EAST FOR MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL PREVAIL ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EFFECTIVE FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NMZ103-107-230300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0020.090322T1900Z-090323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.090322T1900Z-090323T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0021.090323T1700Z-090324T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 418 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ104-108-230300- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.090322T1900Z-090323T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0021.090323T1700Z-090324T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 418 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ106-109-230300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0020.090322T1900Z-090323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.090322T1900Z-090323T0300Z/ 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- 418 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 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 FORECAST TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ105-230300- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.090322T1900Z-090323T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 418 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER WITH SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ DPORTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:18 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:03 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 37 hr | |
| Mar 22, 11:43 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.