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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 5, 202416 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 5, 2024, 3:04 AM MDT for 16 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 6, 2024, 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
Apr 5, 2024, 3:04 AM MDT (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2024, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2024, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt 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 Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 Apr 4, 11:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 11:07 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 3:25 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 5 more10 hr
Apr 5, 1:24 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningABQBernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 13 more50 hr
Apr 5, 1:29 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos29 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2024Every red flag warning in 2024

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.