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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 23, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Feb 23, 2012, 2:47 AM MST. It took effect at Feb 23, 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: Feb 23, 2012, 2:47 AM MST (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 23, 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.

735 
WWUS85 KABQ 230947
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST FOR THE
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

.VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS ALONG WITH DOWNSLOPE WARMING AND
DRYING THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE DAY IN THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS.
TEMPERATURES WILL RUN UP TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WHILE
HUMIDITIES HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT. THE GREATEST
THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ACROSS DE
BACA...ROOSEVELT...AND CURRY COUNTIES. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL
PLUNGE SOUTHWARD DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS
WHICH WILL RAISE HUMIDITIES AND ELIMINATE THE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NMZ108-240100-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0006.120223T1700Z-120224T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0007.120223T1700Z-120224T0100Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108
EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ-
247 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SOUTH OF
  INTERSTATE 40. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL
  BE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM ACROSS DE BACA...ROOSEVELT AND CURRY
  COUNTIES. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 12:47 AM MST	Wind Advisory	ABQ		17 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.