A wildfire burned out of control 10 miles east of Bloomfield consuming more than 350 acres.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A wildfire burned out of control 10 miles east of Bloomfield consuming more than 350 acres.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 10:39 AM MST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1139 AM MDT MON JUN 18 2012 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT ALL AIRPORTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW OVER THE ENTIRE REGION. AFTERNOON WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN NM...GENERALLY NORTH OF LINE FROM QUEMADO TO SOCORRO TO FORT SUMNER. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TO BELOW 10 KTS IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN AREAS AND THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS WHERE WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY OVERNIGHT AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH SUNRISE. 01 && .PREV DISCUSSION...547 AM MDT MON JUN 18 2012... .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ALL AIRPORTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL FILTER OVER THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY. THE STRONGEST GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS WILL BE FOUND OVER NORTHWEST NM AFT 18Z. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH AFT SUNSET TO BLW 10 KTS MOST AREAS. .PREV DISCUSSION...253 AM MDT MON JUN 18 2012... TODAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE A VERY HOT DAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE STATE AS DRY NORTHWESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO TAKE HOLD. NEAR RECORD OR RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. OTHERWISE...JUST LOOKING FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK WAVE WILL CROSS NORTHERN NM TONIGHT...THIS WILL DO LITTLE OTHER THAN LOWER TEMPS A TAD FOR TUESDAY AS THE UPPER HIGH IS SHUNTED SOUTHWEST OF THE STATE. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...THE STORY WILL BE GULF MOISTURE RETURNING TO THE STATE FROM EAST TO WEST. THE RETURN OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS AIDED BY AN EASTERLY WAVE MOVING ACROSS TEXAS AND EVENTUALLY OLD MEXICO AS THE UPPER HIGH REBUILDS OVER NEW MEXICO. AS THE MOISTURE INCREASES...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN. INITIALLY...ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORECAST ALONG/EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT REACHES THE EAST SLOPES. MOISTURE WILL SEEP THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WEAK TO MODERATE EAST CANYON WINDS DEVELOP. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HAVE MADE IT BACK TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A MIX OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS THE WEST. OVER THE WEEKEND...THE UPPER HIGH IS PROGGED TO SHIFT EAST OF THE STATE AS A TROUGH/CLOSED LOW SETS UP OVER THE PAC NW. THIS LOOKS TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR A PUSH OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE...THOUGH MUCH OF IT LOOKS TO DIVERT INTO ARIZONA. NONETHELESS...LOOKS TO BE A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. 34 .FIRE WEATHER... WEAK TO MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO USHER IN HOT AND DRY WEATHER FROM THE GREAT BASIN TODAY...WITH BARELY A FEW FLAT AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE BREEZES OVER THE NORTHWEST TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. VERY LOW RH VALUES AND HOT TEMPERATURES PRODUCING AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SUPER HAINES CONDITIONS LATE TODAY IN THE SOME SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREAS. FAIR TO POOR RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT EXCEPT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST WHERE THE RECOVERIES WILL BE GOOD. LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH/LOW BECOMES STRONGER OVER THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY BE APPROACHED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY AREAWIDE WITH SPOTTY SUPER HAINES CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN. WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT FOR WEDNESDAY IN THE NORTHEAST WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW MORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS WILL MEAN LOWER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER RH VALUES AND LESS WIND FOR THE EAST WEDNESDAY. UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN COULD HELP TRIGGER AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WEAK TO MODERATE EAST CANYON WINDS POSSIBLE INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY TO BE SIMILAR IN THE EAST WITH ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS...FAVORING THE EAST SLOPES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE NORTHWEST THU WITH SIZZLING TEMPERATURES. A HINT OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CREEP INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THU WITH A DRY THUNDERSTORM NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW SOME SEMBLANCE OF A MONSOONAL PUSH FRI AND NEXT WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH INITIALLY IT LOOKS MORE FOCUSED OVER EASTERN ARIZONA. OVERALL TREND WILL BE FOR COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH VALUES IN THE WEST WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STORMS ON FRIDAY EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY DRY IN THE WEST. NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES TO BE MOSTLY GOOD TO EXCELLENT WHILE DAYTIME VENTILATION RATES...WHICH WILL BE MOSTLY EXCELLENT TODAY AND TUESDAY...WILL BE MORE IN THE FAIR TO VERY GOOD CATEGORIES FROM WEDNESDAY ON. SOME EXCELLENT RATES WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWEST THOUGH. CHJ && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUN 18 2012 NMZ501>540-191200- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MDT MON JUN 18 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR PLANS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE DURING PEAK HEATING. ADDITIONALLY...AN HOUR OR TWO OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN HOUR OR TWO OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON TUESDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 34
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire along CR 1491 burned quickly out of control in the bosque along the San Juan River and consumed more than 350 acres, 5 homes, and 12 outbuildings.
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