Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 31, 2018, 3:16 PM MDT for 11 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 1, 2018, 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
- May 31, 2018, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2018, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2018, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.3 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
- 3650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
118 WWUS85 KABQ 312116 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 316 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .Breezy to windy southwest winds will continue this afternoon and evening across northern and central New Mexico and will be combined with a very dry and unstable airmass with high Haines and above average warmth. Ten to 15 consecutive hours of single digit humidities are forecast this afternoon and evening over western and central New Mexico. Mostly poor humidity recoveries are expected tonight. Dry, windy and unstable conditions will return Friday with widespread critical fire weather conditions expected. NMZ102>109-011300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0045.180601T1700Z-180602T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0049.180601T1700Z-180602T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180601T0200Z/ North Central Mountains-Northeast Highlands-Northeast Plains- Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- West Central Highlands- 316 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...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...All of northern and central New Mexico this afternoon through this evening. All of northern and central New Mexico, except the Northwest Plateau, from late Friday morning through Friday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph this afternoon through this evening. Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts near 45 mph late Friday morning through Friday evening. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 to 10 percent this afternoon and evening and again Friday morning through Friday evening. * 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. && $$ NMZ101-010200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180601T0200Z/ Northwest Plateau- 316 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...Northwest Plateau this afternoon through this evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts near 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 to 7 percent this afternoon and evening. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$ 28
2 follow-up statements
118 WWUS85 KABQ 010209 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 809 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM FRIDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .Southwest winds will taper off this evening and humidity will rise very slowly overnight. Humidity recoveries will however be poor for much of the region tonight. Southwest winds will increase Friday morning then become west-southwest through the day while peaking during the late afternoon. A west-northwest wind shift is possible during the late afternoon over northern New Mexico as an upper level trough passes north of the area. Widespread humidity values below 10 percent are expected Friday with 8 to 16 hours of single digit humidity. Temperatures will be above normal with an unstable airmass so very dangerous fire conditions are expected. NMZ102>109-011300- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180601T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0049.180601T1700Z-180602T0200Z/ North Central Mountains-Northeast Highlands-Northeast Plains- Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- West Central Highlands- 809 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...All of northern and central New Mexico, except the Northwest Plateau, from late Friday morning through Friday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...West-southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts near 45 mph. Winds will become west-northwest across northern New Mexico during the late afternoon. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 to 9 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. && $$ NMZ101-010315- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180601T0200Z/ Northwest Plateau- 809 PM MDT Thu May 31 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... Winds will continue tapering off through the evening therefore the red flag warning will be allowed to expire. Humidity will rise very slowly this evening however poor recoveries are expected tonight. $$
535 WWUS85 KABQ 010936 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 336 AM MDT Fri Jun 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .Southwest winds will increase this morning then become west- southwest while peaking this afternoon. A west-northwest wind shift will occur late afternoon and evening over northern New Mexico as an upper level trough passes north of the area. Widespread humidity values below 10 percent are expected today with 8 to 16 hours of single digit humidity, except on the far East Central Plains. Temperatures will be above to well above normal with a very unstable airmass, creating critical fire weather conditions. From the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the Texas border, extreme fire weather behavior will occur. NMZ102>109-020200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0049.180601T1700Z-180602T0200Z/ North Central Mountains-Northeast Highlands-Northeast Plains- Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- West Central Highlands- 336 AM MDT Fri Jun 1 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...All of northern and central New Mexico, except the Northwest Plateau, from late Friday morning through Friday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...West-southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts near 45 mph. Winds will become west-northwest across northern New Mexico during the late afternoon. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 to 10 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly and will be hard to control. Long range spotting and extreme fire behavior will be possible. Outdoor burning should not be done. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && 40 $$
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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.