Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 9, 2021, 3:10 AM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 9, 2021, 11:00 AM 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 9, 2021, 3:10 AM MDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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
- 4048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
935 WWUS85 KABQ 090910 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 310 AM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY EVENING FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU, ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, AND THE SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .A windy, warm, unstable and very dry fire growing pattern will persist today with very dry northwest winds and six to twelve hours of single digit humidity today. This will allow for critical fire weather conditions to result starting from the late morning through the afternoon into the early evening. NMZ101-106-107-100100- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0015.210409T1700Z-210410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0016.210409T1700Z-210410T0100Z/ Northwest Plateau-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains- 310 AM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 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 7 PM MDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...Late morning through the afternoon to the early evening for the Northwest Plateau, Albuquerque Metro and Middle Rio Grande Valley, and the Sandia/Manzano and Gallinas Mountains below significant snowpack. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Northwest 20-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
786 WWUS85 KABQ 100104 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 704 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 NMZ101-106-107-100215- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210410T0100Z/ Northwest Plateau-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains- 704 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Winds will slowly diminish for the rest of the evening. Therefore, critical fire weather conditions observed over portions of northwest and central New Mexico this afternoon will slowly taper off during the evening. $$
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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.