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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 21, 20109 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2010, 8:14 AM MDT for 9 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 22, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
May 21, 2010, 8:14 AM MDT (14:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 22, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 May 21, 7:07 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 7:07 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 7:12 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
712 AM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010

UPDATED DAY ONE TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITY

NMZ501>540-221200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
712 AM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN
PORTIONS OF CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON
OVER THE CHUSKA MOUNTAIN SUMMITS...AND OVER THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER
SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS REACHING 55 MPH ON
SATURDAY...AND LOCALLY TO 60 MPH ON SUNDAY...WILL COMBINE WITH LOW
HUMIDITIES TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK AND OUTSIDE OF GREEN FUEL
AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

FOR MONDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
LOW. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES CONTINUING OVER THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE AN HOUR OR TWO OF LOCALLY DANGEROUS FIRE
WEATHER BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK AND OUTSIDE OF GREEN FUEL
AREAS. AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...ARE POSSIBLE OVER
THE EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER.

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP EACH DAY OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND
LOCAL DOWNPOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN
ROOSEVELT AND EASTERN CURRY COUNTIES DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 3:00 PM MDTWind AdvisoryABQ29 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010

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.