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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 2, 2010

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2010, 6:03 AM MDT. It took effect at Apr 2, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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: Apr 2, 2010, 6:03 AM MDT (12:03 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 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 Apr 2, 3:10 AM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:10 AM MDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 6:00 AM MDT, 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT FRI APR 2 2010

CORRECTION TO PRODUCT EXPIRATION TIME IMMEDIATELY BELOW.

NMZ501>540-031200-
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-
600 AM MDT FRI APR 2 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND
GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH FROM THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS EAST TO
GUADALUPE COUNTY AND SOUTH TO EASTERN SOCORRO AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES...NECESSITATING A WIND ADVISORY. A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE
EAST AND ON TO THE TEXAS LINE VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH
THE WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THUS A RED
FLAG WARNING. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS
THE NORTH THIRD OR SO OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING THEIR
OWN STRONG WIND GUSTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY AND
RED FLAG WARNING STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST THEN WESTERLY WINDS WILL
RETURN TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WITH VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE STRONGEST AND
MOST WIDESPREAD WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY...WHEN GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR
HIGHER WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GUSTS TO REACH 60 MPH OR BRIEFLY HIGHER MONDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS
AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. TUESDAY WIND SPEEDS MAY BE ONLY SLIGHTLY
LOWER.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 3:23 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		15 hr
Apr 2, 2:48 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	13 hr
Apr 2, 2:48 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more	49 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.