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Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 18, 20228 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2022, 4:23 AM MST for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 19, 2022, 11:00 AM MST. 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 18, 2022, 4:23 AM MST (11:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2022, 11:00 AM MST
Expired: May 19, 2022, 9:00 PM MST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, 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 this red flag warning went out at May 17, 1:44 PM MST, 14 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 1:44 PM MST, 14 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 2:30 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more	11 hr
May 18, 1:38 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more	54 hr
May 18, 1:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
May 18, 2:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 18, 2:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	55 min
May 18, 3:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	40 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.