Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jan 21, 2012, 8:59 PM MST. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 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 21, 2012, 8:59 PM MST (03:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
960 WWUS85 KABQ 220359 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 859 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ON SUNDAY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 50 TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. AFTER POOR TO MARGINALLY FAIR HUMIDITIES RECOVERIES SUNDAY MORNING...HUMIDITIES WILL QUICKLY LOWER INTO THE MID TEENS BY MID DAY. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY VALUES MAY BE MARGINALLY CRITICAL...THE MAGNITUDE AND DURATION OF THE HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AN ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. NMZ108-221500- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0003.120122T1700Z-120123T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0003.120122T1700Z-120123T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 859 PM MST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS... FAVORING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAYBREAK...AND PEAK BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM. AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 12 AND 16 PERCENT ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
211 WWUS85 KABQ 221230 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 6 PM SUNDAY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING...WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 50 TO 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. AFTER POOR TO MARGINALLY FAIR HUMIDITIES RECOVERIES THIS MORNING WILL MEAN THAT HUMIDITIES WILL QUICKLY LOWER INTO THE MID TEENS BY MID DAY. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY VALUES MAY BE MARGINALLY CRITICAL...THE MAGNITUDE AND DURATION OF THE HIGH WINDS WILL CREATE AN ESPECIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. NMZ108-230100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0003.120122T1700Z-120123T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 530 AM MST SUN JAN 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS... FAVORING THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAYBREAK...AND PEAK BETWEEN 10 AM AND 2 PM. AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 12 AND 16 PERCENT ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
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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.