Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Mar 23, 2016, 3:46 AM MDT (09:46 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 23, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT

Expired

Mar 23, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WWUS85 KABQ 230946
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY...STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40...RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

NMZ105>109-232200-
/O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0013.160323T1800Z-160324T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0009.160323T1700Z-160324T0200Z/
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS-EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
346 AM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...SANDIA AND MANZANO AND
  GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY EVENING. 

* 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND
  55 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 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.

&&

$$

531 
WWUS85 KABQ 232214
RFWABQ

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
414 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND
LOW HUMIDITY...

ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER...BUT STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

NMZ105>109-240200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160324T0200Z/
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS-EAST CENTRAL PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
414 PM MDT WED MAR 23 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...SANDIA AND MANZANO AND
  GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

* 20 FOOT WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND
  55 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BE NEAR AND EAST OF THE
  CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 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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