Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2012, 7:24 AM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2012, 7:24 AM MDT (13:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:49 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Wnw Gallup, NM | KGUP ASOS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 3452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
438 WWUS85 KABQ 171324 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 724 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...A RED FLAD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TO FAIR AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STEADILY DROP DURING THE DAY TO SINGLE DIGIT VALUES BY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH VALUES... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. THEREAFTER...WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE. NMZ101-105-172130- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0029.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 724 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 7 TO 11 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ109-172130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 724 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 9 TO 12 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
4 follow-up statements
011 WWUS85 KABQ 171325 CCA RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 725 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TO FAIR AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STEADILY DROP DURING THE DAY TO SINGLE DIGIT VALUES BY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH VALUES... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. THEREAFTER...WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE. NMZ101-105-172145- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0029.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 725 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 7 TO 11 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ109-172145- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 725 AM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 9 TO 12 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
006 WWUS85 KABQ 172146 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 346 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SUPPORTING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE POOR TO FAIR AND HUMIDITIES WILL STEADILY DROP INTO SINGLE DIGIT VALUES BY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH VALUES...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. THEREAFTER...WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE. NMZ101-105-109-181400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 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- 346 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WEST TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 6 TO 11 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 43
910 WWUS85 KABQ 181330 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS TODAY... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO. EARLY MORNING RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ARE GENERALLY POOR AND HUMIDITIES WILL STEADILY DROP DURING THE DAY REACHING SINGLE DIGIT VALUES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH VALUES...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. THEREAFTER... WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES WILL SLOWLY RISE. NMZ101-105-109-182130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0032.120518T1700Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 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- 730 AM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND REMAINING GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RH OF 6 TO 11 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
387 WWUS85 KABQ 182115 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 315 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH 6 PM. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET WITH HUMIDITIES ALSO SLOWLY BEGINNING TO RISE. NMZ101-105-109-190200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120519T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 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- 315 PM MDT FRI MAY 18 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...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH REMAINING GUSTY INTO THE EVENING. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY OF 6 TO 11 PERCENT. 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.