Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jan 15, 2012, 7:35 AM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 15, 2012, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 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
- Jan 15, 2012, 7:35 AM MST (14:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2012, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
299 WWUS85 KABQ 151435 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 735 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DISTURBANCES IN A MODERATELY MOIST FLOW ALOFT WILL APPROACH THE STATE FROM THE WEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A RESULT AND COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE 3 TO 5 HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES IN THE WATCH AREA WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 AND 17 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH A HAINES OF 5. NMZ104-108-152230- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0001.120115T2000Z-120116T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0001.120115T1900Z-120116T0000Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 735 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FAVORING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND THE TEXAS STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST/SOUTHWEST 18 TO 28 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PCT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 43
1 follow-up statement
708 WWUS85 KABQ 151955 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1255 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 5 PM FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY BEING MET ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MOST CRITICAL AREA WILL BE FOUND NORTH AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND THE TEXAS STATE LINE. NMZ104-108-160000- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120116T0000Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 1255 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FAVORING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND THE TEXAS STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST/SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 9 TO 15 PCT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:44 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 42 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:00 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 29 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.