Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2012, 2:52 PM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 2, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 4 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 1, 2012, 2:52 PM MST (21:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:35 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 3385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934 WWUS85 KABQ 012152 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 252 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. ON FRIDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...BUT A DRIER AIR MASS WILL LEAD TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL CONDITIONS OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK. NMZ106-108-020300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0011.120302T1700Z-120303T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0012.120302T1700Z-120303T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 252 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON FRIDAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP LATE IN THE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THEN DIMINISHING. NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MINIMUM RH RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ103-104-107-109-020300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 252 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING TO AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-12 PERCENT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
423 WWUS85 KABQ 020242 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 742 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WERE OBSERVED TODAY IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...BUT THESE ARE DECREASING SOME IN MANY VALLEY AND LOWER ELEVATION AREAS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN GUSTY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ON FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP...USHERING IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. A DRIER AIR MASS WILL STILL BE PRESENT...LEADING TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK. NMZ106-108-021500- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0012.120302T1700Z-120303T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 742 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOW ENDING AS WINDS DECREASE IN SPEED AND HUMIDITY INCREASES. ON FRIDAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO REDEVELOP LATE IN THE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET. THIS WILL INCLUDE AREAS IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ103-104-107-109-020345- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 742 PM MST THU MAR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING THIS EVENING...AND AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL THE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE...ALLOWING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO WANE. $$ 52
141 WWUS85 KABQ 021343 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 643 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT SWEEPING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EASE BY EARLY EVENING AS WIND SPEEDS DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES RISE ABOVE 20 PCT. NMZ106-108-030200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0012.120302T1700Z-120303T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 643 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...BEGINNING BY LATE MORNING AS GUSTY WINDS INCREASE SPEED AND HUMIDITIES FALL INTO THE TEENS. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EASE BY EARLY EVENING AS WIND SPEEDS DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES RISE ABOVE 20 PCT. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 PCT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SHY
924 WWUS85 KABQ 022035 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 135 PM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 NMZ106-108-022145- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120303T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 135 PM MST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER SOUTHWARD IN WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLIER TODAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR MOST AREAS...BUT THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS LOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. $$ KJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:09 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro, Valencia | 10 hr |
| Mar 1, 5:11 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | 41 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.