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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 21, 202515 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 21, 2025, 1:55 AM MDT for 15 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 22, 2025, 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: Mar 21, 2025, 1:55 AM MDT (07:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 22, 2025, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 22, 2025, 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, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 Mar 20, 11:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 11:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 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
Mar 21, 2:05 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	29 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2025 Every red flag warning in 2025

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.