Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Feb 25, 2012, 7:17 AM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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 25, 2012, 7:17 AM MST (14:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2012, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874 WWUS85 KABQ 251417 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 717 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW IN EASTERN COLORADO AND POTENT LEE TROUGH IN NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD AND ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 60S AND LOW 70S...WHICH IS UP TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARM AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW HUMIDITIES TO FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT UNTIL SUNSET...WHEN HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH. NMZ103-104-108-260100- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0007.120225T1800Z-120226T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0008.120225T1800Z-120226T0100Z/ 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 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 717 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 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 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IS BETWEEN NOON AND 5 PM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT EAST OF I-25 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...CRATERING AT 10 TO 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT UP TO 22 PERCENT IN PARTS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 44
1 follow-up statement
047 WWUS85 KABQ 260045 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 545 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 NMZ103-104-108-260145- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 545 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HUMIDITIES RISING THROUGH THE TEENS...BUT WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ SHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 5:41 AM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 12 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.