Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Oct 17, 2012, 6:34 AM MDT. It took effect at Oct 17, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. 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
- Oct 17, 2012, 6:34 AM MDT (12:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 17, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871 WWUS85 KABQ 171234 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 634 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR THE AREA FOR THE SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A VERY DRY AIR MASS IS IN PLACE OVER NEW MEXICO. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL JET SHIFTS SOUTHWARD OVER NEW MEXICO. POOR EARLY MORNING RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WITH EARLY MORNING WINDS APPROACHING THRESHOLD VALUES WILL SUPPORT A RAPID TRANSITION TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES PEAK AROUND 5 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST. NMZ107-180000- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0040.121017T1600Z-121018T0000Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 634 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND SINGLE DIGIT RELATIVE HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS OVER THE ESTANCIA VALLEY AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INCREASE IN AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY MID DAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WILL DROP TO BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WITH SINGLE DIGIT VALUES ALL AREAS BY MID AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
963 WWUS85 KABQ 172354 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 554 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012 NMZ107-180100- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-121018T0000Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 554 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... SOME LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITH LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET...BUT WIDESPREAD RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:41 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 10 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.