Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 20, 2017, 3:04 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 21, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 20, 2017, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
850 WWUS85 KABQ 202104 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 304 PM MDT Thu Apr 20 2017 ..A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BECAUSE OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .Winds will increase Friday with critical conditions over much of central and eastern New Mexico, due to strong winds, low humidities and an unstable atmosphere. NMZ105-202215- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.A.0020.170421T1700Z-170422T0200Z/ Northwest Highlands- 304 PM MDT Thu Apr 20 2017 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch. $$ NMZ101-106>108-211300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0020.170421T1700Z-170422T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0021.170421T1700Z-170422T0200Z/ Northwest Plateau-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia...Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- 304 PM MDT Thu Apr 20 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas mountains, as well as the East Central Plains and Northwest Plateau/Highlands from late Friday morning until Friday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Northwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 12 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$
1 follow-up statement
888 WWUS85 KABQ 210927 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 327 AM MDT Fri Apr 21 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BECAUSE OF GUSTY...UNSTABLE AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS... .Critical fire weather conditions are expected today over much of central and eastern New Mexico due to gusty winds, extremely dry conditions and an unstable atmosphere. NMZ101-211030- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0021.170421T1700Z-170422T0200Z/ Northwest Plateau- 327 AM MDT Fri Apr 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. Although windy and very dry conditions are forecast today across the Northwest Plateau, the potential for large fire growth is low due to a relatively stable atmosphere with below normal temperatures forecast. $$ NMZ106>108-220200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0021.170421T1700Z-170422T0200Z/ Middle Rio Grande Valley-Sandia...Manzano and Gallinas Mountains- East Central Plains- 327 AM MDT Fri Apr 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas Mountains, the Middle Rio Grande Valley as well as the East Central Plains from late this morning until this evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 12 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:54 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 20, 7:38 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 5 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.