Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Feb 21, 2012, 3:23 AM MST (10:23 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 21, 2012, 11:00 AM MST

Expired

Feb 21, 2012, 5:00 PM MST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

491 
WWUS85 KABQ 211023
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
323 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN 11 AM AND 5 PM TODAY ACROSS
THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.ON TUESDAY ANOTHER WEAKER DISTURBANCE ALOFT COMBINED WITH A LEE
SIDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALLOW WINDY CONDITIONS TO REDEVELOP
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ALSO
FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...
WHICH WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A FEW
HOURS...PRIMARILY OVER GUADALUPE...QUAY AND NORTHERN CURRY
COUNTIES.

NMZ108-220000-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0005.120221T1800Z-120222T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0006.120221T1800Z-120222T0000Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
323 AM MST TUE FEB 21 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE
  EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM ALONG AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 40
  CORRIDOR BETWEEN MILAGRO AND THE TEXAS STATE LINE.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WESTERLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES RANGING FROM AROUND 10 TO
  15 PERCENT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

&&

$$

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570 
WWUS85 KABQ 220018
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
518 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012

NMZ108-220130-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120222T0000Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
518 PM MST TUE FEB 21 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

ALTHOUGH THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...POCKETS
OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN COUNTIES ALONG
THE TEXAS BORDER UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. WEST WINDS WILL BLOW
AT SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND
HUMIDITIES IN SOME LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 15 PERCENT UNTIL
THEN. BY 630 PM MDT...WINDS WILL DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES WILL
INCREASE ENOUGH TO EASE THESE CRITICAL CONDITIONS.

$$

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