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Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 16, 20257 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 16, 2025, 12:59 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 17, 2025, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 16, 2025, 12:59 PM MDT (18:59 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2025, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 17, 2025, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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 16, 11:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 11:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 45 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 16, 2:17 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Sandoval, San Miguel and 4 more	24 hr

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.