Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2012, 3:02 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 1, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 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 30, 2012, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2012, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 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 21:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 3339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819 WWUS85 KABQ 302102 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 302 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA EXCLUDING SNOWPACK AREAS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .EVERYTHING STILL ON TRACK FOR A CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. UPGRADED MOST OF THE ZONES TO A WARNING DUE TO INCREASED CONFIDENCE. LEFT NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL AREAS IN A WATCH. THIS EVENT WILL BE PRECEDED BY VERY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT AND POOR TO VERY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WHICH IS A CLASSIC SIGNATURE TO A SOUTHWEST FIRE WEATHER GROWTH EVENT. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES ON SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD VERY WELL EXTEND CRITICAL CONDITIONS INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NMZ102>104-106>109-311400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0018.120401T1500Z-120402T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0900Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- 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 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 302 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SHOW UP MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS SHOULD SEE CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD SEE EXTREME CONDITIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-105-311400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0018.120401T1500Z-120402T0600Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 302 PM MDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS ON SUNDAY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...GENERALLY 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE HIGHER READINGS FOUND NEAR THE ARIZONA STATE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 50
5 follow-up statements
184 WWUS85 KABQ 311016 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 416 AM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA EXCLUDING SNOWPACK AREAS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. UPGRADED THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND HIGHLANDS TO A RED FLAG WARNING...BUT WITH AN EARLIER EXPIRATION TIME OF 8 PM DUE TO COOLING AND INCREASED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE PACIFIC FRONT. THIS EVENT WILL BE PRECEDED BY VERY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT AND POOR TO VERY POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WHICH IS A CLASSIC SIGNATURE TO A SOUTHWEST FIRE WEATHER GROWTH EVENT. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES ON SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT AND ACCOMPANYING PACIFIC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD VERY WELL EXTEND CRITICAL CONDITIONS INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. NMZ101-105-312130- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0018.120401T1500Z-120402T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 416 AM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SHOW UP MID TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL DECREASE BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS SUNDAY EVENING AFTER A PACIFIC COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. * 20 FOOT WINDS...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45-55 MPH...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS OF 8 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE HIGHER READINGS FOUND NEAR THE ARIZONA STATE LINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ102>104-106>109-312130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0900Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 416 AM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM MDT MONDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM MDT MONDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SHOW UP MID TO LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS SHOULD SEE CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD EVEN SEE EXTREME CONDITIONS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 TO 55 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS BETWEEN 3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
111 WWUS85 KABQ 312119 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 319 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER EVENT WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THIS EVENT WILL BE PRECEDED BY WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH IS A CLASSIC PATTERN FOR A FIRE WEATHER GROWING EVENT. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS SUNDAY. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ENTERS WESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH MONDAY. NMZ103-104-106>108-011400- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0500Z/ 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 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 319 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 11 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. AN AREA OF EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SANDIA...MANZANO...AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ102-109-011400- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 319 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST SUNDAY EVENING WILL MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BY MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-105-011400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 319 PM MDT SAT MAR 31 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WILL MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BY MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FAVORING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
386 WWUS85 KABQ 011006 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 406 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... .A CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER EVENT WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. THIS EVENT IS PRECEDED BY WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES...WHICH IS A CLASSIC PATTERN FOR A FIRE WEATHER GROWING EVENT. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ENTERS WESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE SUNDAY EVENING AND MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH MONDAY. NMZ103-104-106>108-012130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0500Z/ 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 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 406 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. AN AREA OF EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANDIA...MANZANO...AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-102-105-109-012130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.120401T1500Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 406 AM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST SUNDAY EVENING WILL MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BY MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 9 TO 14 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
548 WWUS85 KABQ 012117 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 317 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... .A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS EVENT IS PRECEDED BY WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES... WHICH IS A CLASSIC PATTERN FOR A FIRE WEATHER GROWING EVENT. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MOST AREAS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ENTERS WESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS EVENING AND MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH TUESDAY. NMZ103-104-106>108-020500- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120402T0500Z/ 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 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 317 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 8 TO 13 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-102-105-109-020200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 317 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING WILL MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS BY MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ESPECIALLY FAVORING LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 9 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 9 TO 14 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
609 WWUS85 KABQ 020153 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 753 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS BORDER BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE EVENING...HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE. MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM ENTERS WESTERN NEW MEXICO LATE TONIGHT AND MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH TUESDAY. NMZ101-102-105-109-020300- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120402T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 753 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT CONTINUES MOVES INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY LOWER ALLOWING HUMIDITIES TO RISE. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$ NMZ103-104-106>108-020500- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120402T0500Z/ 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 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 753 PM MDT SUN APR 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE EVENING FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 10 TO 15 PERCENT UPPER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 34
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 24 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.