Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Oct 23, 2012, 3:25 PM MDT for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 24, 2012, 11:00 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 23, 2012, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677 WWUS85 KABQ 232125 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 325 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONGOING BUT WILL SUBSIDE SOME AROUND SUNDOWN. A MORE EXPANSIVE AREA OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER GROWTH CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A STRONG PACIFIC TROUGH PASSAGE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES LEADING INTO THE EVENT PERIOD WILL BE POOR TO MODERATE AND MINIMUM READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL AREA WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS TO RATON AND OVER TO ROY. EXPECT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. NMZ103-104-107-108-241400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0038.121024T1700Z-121025T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0041.121024T1700Z-121025T0100Z/ 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 325 PM MDT TUE OCT 23 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS/MANZANOS AND SANDIA MOUNTAINS LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY TO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MOST CRITICAL AREA WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS TO RATON AND OVER TO ROY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...INCREASING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN AND OVERSPREADING THE EASTERN PLAINS BY LATE MORNING. EXPECT WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST PEAKS AND AREAS NEAR INTERSTATE 25 WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM/S RANGING BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PCT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 WHERE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 50
3 follow-up statements
050 WWUS85 KABQ 241255 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 655 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A PACIFIC TROUGH MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER GROWTH CONDITIONS TODAY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES UP TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND HUMIDITIES FALLING TO SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS PCT. FIRE DANGER WILL BE MOST SEVERE ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS TO RATON AND EAST TO ROY. EXPECT WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. NMZ103-104-107-108-242130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.121024T1700Z-121025T0100Z/ 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 655 AM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS/MANZANOS AND SANDIA MOUNTAINS BEGINNING BY LATE MORNING AND ENDING AFTER SUNSET IN THE EARLY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN LAS VEGAS TO RATON AND EAST TO ROY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...INCREASING THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH SPEEDS PEAKING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST PEAKS AND AREAS NEAR INTERSTATE 25 WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 10 TO 15 PCT...WITH UPPER SINGLE DIGIT MINIMUM HUMIDITY OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SHY
186 WWUS85 KABQ 242115 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 315 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 THROUGH 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED JET APPROACHING NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES UP TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL PERSIST. FIRE DANGER WILL BE MOST EXTREME FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. NMZ103-104-107-108-250100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-121025T0100Z/ 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 315 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS/MANZANOS AND SANDIA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ENDING JUST AFTER SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. AREAS NEAR CLINES CORNERS THEN NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 25 WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 9 TO 14 PCT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
571 WWUS85 KABQ 242119 CCA RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 318 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED JET APPROACHING NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. STRONG WINDS...TEMPERATURES UP TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL PERSIST. FIRE DANGER WILL BE MOST EXTREME FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. NMZ103-104-107-108-250100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-121025T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 318 PM MDT WED OCT 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS/MANZANOS AND SANDIA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ENDING JUST AFTER SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. AREAS NEAR CLINES CORNERS THEN NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 25 WILL BE FAVORED FOR THE STRONGEST WINDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FROM 9 TO 14 PCT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 3:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 12 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:48 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 38 hr |
Nearby
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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.