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Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 20235 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 30, 2023, 3:17 AM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 31, 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 30, 2023, 3:17 AM MDT (09:17 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 31, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 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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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 30, 3:07 AM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:07 AM MDT, 10 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 29, 6:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union	3 hr
May 29, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	20 min
May 30, 1:38 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 7 more	55 hr
May 30, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	26 min
May 30, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	38 min
May 30, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
May 30, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	32 min
May 30, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	40 min
May 30, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
May 30, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	50 min
May 30, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
May 30, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
May 30, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	52 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.