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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 19, 2019Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Oct 19, 2019, 2:55 PM MDT for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 20, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
Oct 19, 2019, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 20, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 20, 2019, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 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 20:57 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 12:00Z, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Oct 19, 12:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 12:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 19, 3:13 AM MDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
313 AM MDT Sat Oct 19 2019

NMZ201>241-201100-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-
Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-
Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-
Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County-
Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-
Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-De Baca County-
Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-
San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
313 AM MDT Sat Oct 19 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Strong west to northwest winds will develop early Sunday. The
strongest winds are expected across northeast and east central New
Mexico where gusts may exceed 50 mph. Low relative humidity values in
this area may also result in critical fire weather conditions.

After the winds diminish Sunday night, temperatures will drop
quickly. Sub-freezing temperatures are expected for many locations,
including portions of the Albuquerque Metro area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 3:57 AM MDTFire Weather WatchABQHarding, San Miguel, Union11 hr
Oct 19, 3:21 PM MDTWind AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 12 more28 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2019Every red flag warning in 2019

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.