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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 11, 201012 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jun 11, 2010, 2:46 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 12, 2010, 11:00 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
Jun 11, 2010, 2:46 PM MDT (20:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 Jun 11, 3:59 AM MDT, 10 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:59 AM MDT, 10 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 6:03 AM MDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
603 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010

NMZ501>540-121215-
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-
603 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 2010

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 NOON TO 8 PM FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG
WINDS AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS
FAR WESTERN AREAS TO INCLUDE THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION...AS
WELL AS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN TO THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
A FIRE WEATHER CONCERN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST AREAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

VERY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXTEND INTO SATURDAY...WITH
EVEN STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

IN ADDITION...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
FAR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE AS WELL AS
NEAR THE TEXAS STATE LINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THEREAFTER...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
LOW MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:50 PM MDTWind AdvisoryABQ28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.