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Red Flag Warning 55, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Aug 6, 2023, 4:40 AM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Aug 6, 2023, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Aug 6, 2023, 4:40 AM MDT (10:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2023, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2023, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 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 Aug 6, 2:58 AM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:58 AM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 9:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 4:40 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 3 more | 39 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:01 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 37 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 61 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2023Every 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.