Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Nov 23, 2021, 2:16 AM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It took effect at Nov 23, 2021, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Nov 23, 2021, 2:16 AM MST (09:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2021, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2021, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 3300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
998 WWUS85 KABQ 230916 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 216 AM MST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 5 PM TODAY FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE... .Critical fire weather conditions are expected late this morning through this afternoon across the Northeast Plains, particularly across Union County. A deepening lee side trough will allow southwest winds to increase this afternoon. High temperatures are expected to be 15 to 20 degrees above normal, allowing for several hours of single digit humidity values. Critical conditions will subside this evening. NMZ104-240000- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0031.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0034.211123T1800Z-211124T0000Z/ Northeast Plains- 216 AM MST Tue Nov 23 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Red Flag Warning...which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AREA AND TIMING...This includes the Northeast Plains, mainly across Union County, from late morning through the afternoon hours. * 20 FOOT WINDS...Southwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts near 35 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values ranging from 6 to 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. && $$ 34
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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.