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Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 9, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 10, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 9, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
206 WWUS85 KABQ 092011 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 211 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT MONDAY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN NM AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS... .Critical fire weather conditions will return Monday for much of central and western NM as an upper level storm system moves north of the region. Strong southwest winds with 5 to 10 hours of single digit humidity and high Haines will lead to widespread critical conditions across the Northwest Highlands, West Central Highlands, and middle Rio Grande Valley Monday afternoon. NMZ105-106-109-101300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0025.210510T1900Z-210511T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0028.210510T1900Z-210511T0100Z/ Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- West Central Highlands- 211 PM MDT Sun May 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM MDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 1 PM to 7 PM MDT Monday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...Northwest Highlands, West Central Highlands, and middle Rio Grande Valley Monday afternoon and early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest to west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6-11 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
781 WWUS85 KABQ 100847 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 247 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS... .Critical fire weather conditions will return today for much of central and western NM as an upper level storm system moves north of the region. Strong southwest winds with 5 to 10 hours of single digit humidity and high Haines will lead to widespread critical conditions across the Northwest Highlands, West Central Highlands, middle Rio Grande Valley, and the Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas mountains. NMZ107-110100- /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.W.0028.210510T1900Z-210511T0100Z/ Sandia, Manzano and Gallinas Mountains- 247 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM MDT this evening. * AREA AND TIMING...Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas Mountains this afternoon and early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7-12 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$ NMZ105-106-109-110100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0028.210510T1900Z-210511T0100Z/ Northwest Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley- West Central Highlands- 247 AM MDT Mon May 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...Northwest Highlands, West Central Highlands, and middle Rio Grande Valley this afternoon and early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-9 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:33 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 11 hr |
| May 9, 1:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 22 min |
| May 9, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 29 min |
| May 9, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 28 min |
| May 9, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 31 min |
| May 9, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 30 min |
| May 9, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 31 min |
| May 9, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 27 min |
| May 9, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 38 min |
| May 9, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 33 min |
| May 9, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 30 min |
| May 9, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 37 min |
| May 9, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 65 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.