Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 24, 2014, 2:16 PM MDT for 11 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 25, 2014, 12:00 PM 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
- Apr 24, 2014, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 3060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
379 WWUS85 KABQ 242016 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 216 PM MDT THU APR 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY MID MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SAME AREAS... .AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO...STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND ABOVE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL LEAD INTO A DAY OF VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY... CONTINUING THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS. NMZ103-104-106>108-251400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0027.140425T1800Z-140426T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.140425T1800Z-140426T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0028.140426T1600Z-140427T0300Z/ 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 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- 216 PM MDT THU APR 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY PRIMARILY SOUTH OF BELEN. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY REDEVELOP MID MORNING SATURDAY THEN PERSIST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND 7 TO 12 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
2 follow-up statements
178 WWUS85 KABQ 251224 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 624 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN WHILE WINDS ALOFT STRENGTHEN PRODUCING WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES AND ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. FAIR TO POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT THEN VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES SATURDAY WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. NMZ103-104-106>108-260200- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0028.140426T1600Z-140427T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0022.140426T1600Z-140427T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.140425T1800Z-140426T0200Z/ 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 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- 624 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY PRIMARILY SOUTH OF ALBUQUERQUE. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING THEN PERSIST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 6 TO 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND 7 TO 12 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ NMZ105-109-260200- /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.W.0021.140425T1800Z-140426T0200Z/ 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- 624 AM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 7 TO 12 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 40
756 WWUS85 KABQ 260200 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 800 PM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS... THE SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE CEASED WITH THE SETTING SUN...SO TODAYS RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REDEVELOP SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST STEERING THE JET STREAM OVERHEAD AND CAUSING A SHARP LEE TROUGH TO DEVELOP AT THE SURFACE. WIND GUSTS FROM 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE COMMON SATURDAY...EXCEPT FOR GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH FROM LAS VEGAS TO CORONA. LOCATIONS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN CAN ALSO EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES UP TO 11 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH HAINES INDICES IN THE 4 TO 5 RANGE AND CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES. CONDITIONS NOW LOOK MORE MARGINAL IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES THAT SHOULD ARRIVE WITH A PACIFIC COLD FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON. NMZ103-104-106>108-261400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140426T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0022.140426T1600Z-140427T0300Z/ 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 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- 800 PM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD REDEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY...THEN PERSIST UNTIL AFTER SUNSET SATURDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH FROM LAS VEGAS SOUTHWARD TO CORONA INCLUDING THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING BETWEEN 7 AND 16 PERCENT WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES MAINLY ABOVE 7000 FEET. * 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. && $$ NMZ105-109-260300- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140426T0200Z/ 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- 800 PM MDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:53 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:10 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 3 days |
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.