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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 30, 2009

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2009, 4:15 AM MDT. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 30, 2009, 4:15 AM MDT (10:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 30, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired: Mar 30, 2009, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

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 30, 3:42 AM MDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:42 AM MDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 10:04 PM MDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1004 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

NMZ001>021-026-301200-
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-
1004 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A HIGH WIND WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT FOR THE SANDIA...
MANZANO AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS
FOR WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 OR 65 MPH. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AS MENTIONED IN DAY ONE...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN EXCLUDING THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH
WIND WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 800 PM MDT. IN ADDITION...A WIND
ADVISORY WILL RUN FROM 600 AM THROUGH 800 PM MDT FOR THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE I-40 CORRIDOR
NEAR SANTA ROSA FOR WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. A
WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO RUN FROM 1000 AM THROUGH 800 PM MDT FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS FOR WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

IN ADDITION...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN
HOUR OR TWO OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS EACH AFTERNOON
FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT DAMAGE OR MEASURED WIND SPEEDS ON
MONDAY THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR
BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 10:23 PM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1023 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0735 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  2 SSW FORT STANTON      33.47N 105.54W
03/29/2009  M45.00 MPH       LINCOLN            NM   AWOS

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:17 PM MDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1117 PM MDT SUN MAR 29 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  2 SSW FORT STANTON      33.47N 105.54W
03/29/2009  M41.00 MPH       LINCOLN            NM   AWOS

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 1:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
106 AM MDT MON MAR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1218 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW FORT STANTON      33.47N 105.54W
03/30/2009  M63.00 MPH       LINCOLN            NM   AWOS

            WIND GUST OFF 55 KNOTS OR 63 MPH.

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KWIDELSKI

Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:22 AM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 4:03 AM MDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 8:21 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	ABQ		24 hr
Mar 29, 8:21 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		24 hr

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