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Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 7, 2021, 2:05 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 8, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 7, 2021, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2021, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
232 WWUS85 KABQ 072005 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 205 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING SATURDAY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL AREAS BELOW SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .After some potential fire starts today due to a mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms over central and western areas, strong winds will develop and humidities will plummet on Saturday. Haines indices will reach 6 in most places as high temperatures vary from a few degrees above normal in the west to as much as 10 degrees above normal in the east. NMZ101>109-081300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0024.210508T1700Z-210509T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0027.210508T1700Z-210509T0300Z/ Northwest Plateau-North Central Mountains-Northeast Highlands- Northeast Plains-Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- West Central Highlands- 205 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM to 9 PM MDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...The entire fire weather forecast area below significant snowpack from late morning through early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...West 25 to 35 mph west of the central mountain chain and from 30 to 40 mph further east. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6-15 percent, except for some higher readings over the highest terrain of the Sangre de Cristo and Tusas Mountains. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
930 WWUS85 KABQ 081134 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 534 AM MDT Sat May 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL AREAS BELOW SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WIND, LOW HUMIDITY AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .A mixture of wet-dry showers and thunderstorms from Friday will set the stage for potential fire starts today as strong westerly winds increase with very low humidity and unstable conditions. Several hours of critical fire weather conditions are most likely along and east of the central mountain chain into eastern NM. A cold front will move into the region tonight and alleviate fire weather concerns. NMZ101>109-090300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0027.210508T1700Z-210509T0300Z/ Northwest Plateau-North Central Mountains-Northeast Highlands- Northeast Plains-Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains-East Central Plains- West Central Highlands- 534 AM MDT Sat May 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...All areas below significant snowpack from late morning through early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph west of the central mountain chain and 25 to 35 mph east of the central mountain chain. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6-12 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:41 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 7 hr |
| May 7, 11:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 27 min |
| May 7, 12:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 25 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 29 min |
| May 7, 1:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 52 min |
| May 7, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 37 min |
| May 7, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 30 min |
| May 7, 3:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 37 min |
| May 7, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 23 min |
| May 7, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 29 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 33 min |
| May 7, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 29 min |
| May 7, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 33 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 28 min |
| May 7, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 29 min |
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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.