Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2016, 3:33 AM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 2, 2016, 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
- Mar 1, 2016, 3:33 AM MST (10:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2016, 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 radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
115 WWUS85 KABQ 011033 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 333 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT COMBINED WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW STRONG WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY. THE DOWNSLOPING WINDS WILL BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES 15 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE...RESULTING IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A MODERATE HAINES INDEX OF 5 IS ALSO FORECAST FOR THE SAME AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NMZ103-107-108-021500- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0004.160302T2000Z-160303T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/ NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS- EAST CENTRAL PLAINS- 333 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AS WELL AS THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS RANGING FROM 8 TO 13 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. && $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
958 WWUS85 KABQ 021013 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 313 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM WEDNESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... .INCREASING WINDS ALOFT COMBINED WITH A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW STRONG WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE DOWNSLOPING WINDS WILL BOOST AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES 15 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE...RESULTING IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. IN FACT... BETWEEN 3 AND 5 HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA BELOW 7500 FEET. A MODERATE HAINES INDEX OF 5 IS ALSO FORECAST FOR THE SAME AREA. NMZ104-030100- /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.W.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PLAINS- 313 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST...BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON... 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS RANGING FROM 8 TO 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ103-107-108-030100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0002.160302T1800Z-160303T0100Z/ NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS- EAST CENTRAL PLAINS- 313 AM MST WED MAR 2 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AS WELL AS THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS RANGING FROM 8 TO 13 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. && $$ 34
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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.