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Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 8, 201912 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2019, 2:52 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 9, 2019, 1:00 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
Apr 8, 2019, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2019, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2019, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 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 Apr 8, 11:25 AM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 11:25 AM MDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:24 AM MDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
424 AM MDT Mon Apr 8 2019

NMZ501>540-091100-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-San Juan Mountains-Jemez Mountains-
West Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Northern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet/Red River-
Southern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Lower Chama River Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains-Estancia Valley-
Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-Upper Tularosa Valley-
South Central Mountains-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa-
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-
424 AM MDT Mon Apr 8 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...Tuesday through Sunday

Warm, dry and windy conditions will prevail Tuesday with high
temperatures approaching record values at a number of locales. A Fire
Weather Watch is in effect Tuesday for much of northern and central
New Mexico.

Strong to potentially damaging winds will develop Wednesday as a
Pacific trough races east across the region. The strongest winds will
be along and south of Interstate 40 and along and east of Interstate
25. Areas of blowing dust will limit visibility across much of
southern and eastern New Mexico Wednesday. In addition, showers will
bring several inches of snow to the peaks and higher elevations of
the northern mountains Wednesday through Thursday.

A potent Pacific low may hit New Mexico late Friday through
Saturday, bringing accumulating snow to the mountains and the
potential for thunderstorms to the eastern plains.

.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
Apr 8, 2:52 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro, Valencia30 hr
Apr 8, 2:53 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchABQ30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.