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Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Oct 8, 2021, 2:48 PM MDT for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 9, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 8, 2021, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 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 20:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
075 WWUS85 KABQ 082048 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 248 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .Dry and windy conditions will be combined with near record high temperatures Saturday afternoon and into the early evening to create critical fire weather conditions over the Northeast Plains and East Central Plains mainly east of the Pecos Valley. NMZ104-108-091300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0029.211009T1800Z-211010T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.211009T1800Z-211010T0100Z/ Northeast Plains-East Central Plains- 248 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from noon to 7 PM MDT Saturday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...Northeast Plains and the East Central Plains, mainly east of the Pecos Valley Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts between 40 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Ranging from around 10 to 15 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. && $$ NMZ103-091300- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0032.211009T1800Z-211010T0100Z/ Northeast Highlands- 248 PM MDT Fri Oct 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from noon to 7 PM MDT Saturday. * AREA AND TIMING...Northeast Highlands Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 and 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Ranging from around 10 to 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. && $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
521 WWUS85 KABQ 090931 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 331 AM MDT Sat Oct 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .Dry and windy conditions will be combined with near record high temperatures this afternoon and into the early evening to create critical fire weather conditions over the Northeast Plains and Highlands, and East Central Plains. NMZ103-104-108-100100- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0032.211009T1800Z-211010T0100Z/ Northeast Highlands-Northeast Plains-East Central Plains- 331 AM MDT Sat Oct 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...Northeast and East Central plains and Northeast Highlands this afternoon and early evening. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 45 and 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Around 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 1:48 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 13 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:18 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Taos | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.