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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 6, 20118 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 6, 2011, 6:50 AM MST for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 12:00 PM MST. 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
Mar 6, 2011, 6:50 AM MST (13:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2011, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Mar 7, 2011, 7:00 PM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

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

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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WWUS85 KABQ 061350
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FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
650 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY EVENING FOR
   AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
   LOW HUMIDITY... 
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
   THE AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG
   WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE MOST EXTREME FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS
OF THE UPPER GILA EASTWARD TO NEAR CORONA TO THE HIGH PLAINS OF
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. CONDITIONS MAY BECOME LESS CRITICAL
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND UPPER GILA REGION LATE IN THE
DAY MONDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. IN
ADDITION TO THE STRONG SURFACE WINDS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING FROM
THIS SCENARIO...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY
ARE ALSO EXPECTED. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RETURN TO PARTS OF
THE EAST ON TUESDAY WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
PERSISTING ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40.

NMZ108-062230-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0011.110308T1800Z-110309T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
650 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY. A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN 
  PART OF THE FORECAST ZONE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...
  ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4O.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

&&

$$

NMZ107-062230-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
650 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ105-106-109-062230-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
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-
650 AM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST CRITICAL ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS
  SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE ZONES.  HUMIDITIES WILL BE LESS CRITICAL AND
  ARE EXPECTED TO TREND UPWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY
  BY EARLY EVENING MONDAY.  

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
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WWUS85 KABQ 062224
RFWABQ

FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
324 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOON TO 7 PM MST MONDAY FOR AREAS
   ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW
   HUMIDITY...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
   THE AFTERNOON FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS
   AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BY
MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO ALONG WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY RESULTING
IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
AREAS IMPACTED WILL GENERALLY REMAIN NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RETURN TO PARTS OF THE EAST ON TUESDAY
WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTING ACROSS THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

NMZ108-071500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0011.110308T1800Z-110309T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
324 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN 
  PART OF THE FORECAST ZONE. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... 
  ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4O. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ107-071500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
324 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ105-106-109-071500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
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-
324 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MST
MONDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST CRITICAL 
  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS 
  ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE ZONES. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LESS 
  CRITICAL AND ARE EXPECTED TO TREND UPWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON 
  MONDAY AND ESPECIALLY BY EARLY EVENING MONDAY. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

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553 
WWUS85 KABQ 071214
RFWABQ

FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
514 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOON TO 7 PM MST TODAY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY
WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 THIS AFTERNOON. VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR EAST OF GRANTS.

STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REDEVELOP TUESDAY
WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTING...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE CORRIDOR 40 EAST OF MORIARTY. LOCALIZED
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO
IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS TUESDAY.

NMZ108-080200-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0011.110308T1800Z-110309T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.110308T1700Z-110309T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
514 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN
  PART OF THE FORECAST ZONE.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... 
  ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4O. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ107-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
514 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ105-106-109-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
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-
514 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST CRITICAL
  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR EAST OF GRANTS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS
  ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE ZONES. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LESS
  CRITICAL AND ARE EXPECTED TO TREND UPWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND ESPECIALLY BY EARLY EVENING.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY
  THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL END BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...AND WILL CONTINUE ELSEWHERE
  THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

GUYER
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WWUS85 KABQ 071819
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FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1119 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT NOON TO 7 PM MST TODAY FOR THE
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...THE SOUTH
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY
WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS
AFTERNOON. WHILE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL WORK ALONG THE INTERSTATE
40 CORRIDOR...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH. THIS
LOW HUMIDITY COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A QUEMADO TO SOCORRO TO CORONA LINE.
THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE NORTHWEST
HIGHLANDS...INCLUDING THE GALLUP AND GRANTS AREAS.

STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REDEVELOP TUESDAY
WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTING...ESPECIALLY
SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE CORRIDOR 40 EAST OF MORIARTY. LOCALIZED
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO
IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AS WELL AS THE
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TUESDAY.

NMZ105-071930-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
1119 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

INCREASED MID LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RESULTED IN MORE CLOUDS AND
SHOWERS...AS WELL AS HIGHER DEWPOINTS. THIS WILL KEEP RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES FROM FALLING BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. STRONG
WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

$$

NMZ108-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.110308T1700Z-110309T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
1119 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST
TUESDAY...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING.
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST
TUESDAY. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ACROSS THE WESTERN 
  PART OF THE FORECAST ZONE. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... 
  ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4O. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ107-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
1119 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ106-109-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.110307T1900Z-110308T0200Z/
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-
1119 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND MOST CRITICAL 
  ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR EAST OF GRANTS. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS 
  ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE ZONES. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LESS 
  CRITICAL AND ARE EXPECTED TO TREND UPWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON 
  AND ESPECIALLY BY EARLY EVENING. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY 
  EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL END BY LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...AND WILL CONTINUE 
  ELSEWHERE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

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WWUS85 KABQ 080220
RFWABQ

FIRE WEATHER PRODUCT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
720 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT 10 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS
EVENING WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TUESDAY MORNING. AS THE
TROUGH REACHES EASTERN NEW MEXICO DURING THE DAY TUESDAY IT WILL
GENERATE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. 
HUMIDITY WILL BE LOWER TUESDAY IN THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AS
DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE TROUGH.

THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR EAST OF MORIARTY. 

NMZ108-081030-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110308T0200Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.110308T1700Z-110309T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
720 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED...

. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST
  TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS... 
  ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 4O. 

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY AND PERSIST UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY
  EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

NMZ106-107-109-080330-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110308T0200Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107
SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
720 PM MST MON MAR 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 FOOT WINDS OF 20 MPH OR HIGHER WITH GUSTS 
  EXCEEDING 35 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...EXPECT HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS.

* TIMING...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 4:21 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchABQ17 hr
Mar 6, 6:50 AM MSTFire Weather WatchABQ22 hr
Mar 6, 4:00 PM MSTWind AdvisoryABQ27 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.