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Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 3, 202320 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2023, 3:24 AM MDT for 20 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 4, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 3, 2023, 3:24 AM MDT (09:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 4, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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.

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 3, 3:00 AM MDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:00 AM MDT, 24 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 3, 3:24 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 17 more	24 hr
May 3, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	32 min
May 3, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
May 3, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	37 min
May 3, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	22 min
May 3, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	26 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2023 Every red flag warning in 2023

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.