Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 11, 2016, 1:57 PM MST for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 12, 2016, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Mar 11, 2016, 1:57 PM MST (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2016, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 12:18 PM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 9 Ese Tohajiilee, NM | |
| Mar 12, 12:38 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 10 Sse Magdalena, NM | ELEVATION 10634. |
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 94 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
- 3184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907 WWUS85 KABQ 112057 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 157 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN NOON AND 6PM SATURDAY FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC LOW WILL CROSS OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PLAINS FOR MORE THAN 3 HOURS. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD LOWER SOME SATURDAY EVENING ALTHOUGH STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NMZ104-106-108-121500- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0008.160312T1900Z-160313T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0004.160312T1900Z-160313T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PLAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL PLAINS- 157 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST BECOMING WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND SLOWLY DECREASE IN THE EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 9 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. && $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
660 WWUS85 KABQ 121059 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 359 AM MST SAT MAR 12 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN NOON AND 6PM SATURDAY FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC LOW CURRENTLY FOUND OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WILL RACE EASTWARD TODAY AND IMPACT NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. STRONG WINDS WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. STRONG WIND COUPLED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND UNUSUALLY HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL IMPACT A GOOD PORTION OF THE LOWER-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE EASTERN PLAINS. CLOUD COVER WILL THICKEN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND MAY REDUCE SURFACE BASED MIXING AND ALTER WIND SPEEDS-HUMIDITY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 13 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOCALIZED STRONG DOWNSLOPE-MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT BUT HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. NMZ104-106-108-130100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0004.160312T1900Z-160313T0100Z/ NORTHEAST PLAINS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-EAST CENTRAL PLAINS- 359 AM MST SAT MAR 12 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST BECOMING WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 4:08 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:54 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 13 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.