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Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 16, 20134 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 17, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2013, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2013, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 3:50 PM MDT	HIGH SUST WINDS 44	10 Wnw Albuquerque, NM	KAEG AWOS.
Apr 17, 4:30 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 58	22 Se Bosque Del Apache, NM	WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE - HARRY.
Apr 17, 4:35 PM MDT	HIGH SUST WINDS 46	3 Wsw Belen, NM	KE80 AWOS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

968 
WWUS85 KABQ 162100
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR
ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDDLE/LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANDIA AND MANZANOS DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE IMPACTING A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS
COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND TURBULENT MIXING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNSET AND SHORTLY AFTER. A BACK DOOR FRONT HAS PUSHED MUCH HIGHER
HUMIDITY INTO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS
LESSENING CRITICAL CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
SHOULD EVENTUALLY LOWER HUMIDITY AND PROVIDE CRITICAL CONDITIONS
TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS LATER TODAY.
ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
LOWER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
STATE LINE. THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE FELT
ACROSS ROOSEVELT...CURRY AND DEBACA COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG WINDS
AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES.

NMZ106>108-170300-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0013.130417T1600Z-130418T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0013.130417T1700Z-130418T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
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-
300 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* AREA AND TIMING...A LARGER PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
  MEXICO REST OF TODAY. ON WEDNESDAY...RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD
  TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
  INTERSTATE 40 FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55
  MPH REST OF TODAY. GENERALLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ON WEDNESDAY. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT WITH HIGHER READINGS ABOVE
  WARNING THRESHOLDS ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF UNION COUNTY REST OF
  TODAY. MINIMUM/S BETWEEN 5 TO 15 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL
  BUT LOWEST READINGS FELT ACROSS SOCORRO COUNTY AND ROOSEVELT
  COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

$$

NMZ101>105-109-170300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
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 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
300 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
  HIGHLANDS...AND THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW PACK REST OF TODAY. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
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3 follow-up statements

454 
WWUS85 KABQ 170253
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
853 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDDLE/LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANDIA AND MANZANOS DUE TO
STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
HIGH TERRAIN...THEN SPREAD INTO THE NEARBY RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND
THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY. VERY DRY AIR AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH THESE WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN
ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE MOST
CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT ACROSS ROOSEVELT...CURRY AND
DE BACA COUNTIES DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES.

NMZ106>108-171400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.130417T1700Z-130418T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
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-
853 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* AREA AND TIMING...RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS STATE
  LINE AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 FAVORING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS.

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS
  FELT ACROSS SOCORRO COUNTY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. 
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NMZ101>105-109-170400-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130417T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101
NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102
NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ-
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 105
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ-
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ-
GLZ-
853 PM MDT TUE APR 16 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

GUSTY WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REGION AND THE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS DIMINISHING. A FEW POCKETS OF
CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO HOWEVER
THE MAIN THREAT WINDOW HAS PASSED.

$$

681 
WWUS85 KABQ 171250
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
650 AM MDT WED APR 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR
THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDDLE/LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANDIA AND MANZANOS DUE TO STRONG
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY OVER AND EAST OF THE
CENTRAL HIGH TERRAIN...THEN EXPAND IN COVERAGE INTO THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. VERY DRY AIR AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NMZ106>108-172130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.130417T1700Z-130418T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
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-
650 AM MDT WED APR 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* AREA AND TIMING...RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS 
  STATELINE AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 
  FAVORING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

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

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST VALUES ACROSS
  SOCORRO COUNTY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD
  RAPIDLY. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

296 
WWUS85 KABQ 172115
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
315 PM MDT WED APR 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS...MIDDLE/LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE SANDIA AND MANZANOS DUE TO STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH MID EVENING FROM THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. VERY DRY 
AIR AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WINDS WILL
RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.

NMZ106>108-180300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130418T0300Z/
NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ-
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 APR 17 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS
  STATELINE AND GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST/SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST VALUES
  ACROSS SOCORRO COUNTY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY. 

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
  SPREAD RAPIDLY. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING. 

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	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:50 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ	37 hr
Apr 16, 4:25 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	ABQ	16 hr
Apr 16, 4:25 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	ABQ	17 hr
Apr 16, 2:34 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.