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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 8, 2025Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2025, 7:12 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2025, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 8, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 3:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 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
Jun 8, 6:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	43 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	44 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	16 min
Jun 8, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	41 min
Jun 8, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	35 min
Jun 8, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	47 min
Jun 8, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	15 min
Jun 8, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	11 min
Jun 8, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	14 min
Jun 8, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Jun 8, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	116 min
Jun 8, 7:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	20 min
Jun 8, 7:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	26 min
Jun 8, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	29 min
Jun 8, 8:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	119 min
Jun 8, 8:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	26 min
Jun 9, 12:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 9, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Jun 9, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	25 min
Jun 9, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	33 min
Jun 9, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	30 min
Jun 9, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	42 min
Jun 9, 2:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	45 min
Jun 9, 2:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	2 hr
Jun 9, 2:18 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more	27 hr
Jun 9, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	37 min
Jun 9, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	42 min
Jun 9, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	63 min
Jun 9, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jun 9, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	22 min
Jun 9, 3:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	38 min
Jun 9, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	28 min
Jun 9, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	42 min
Jun 9, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	21 min
Jun 9, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	26 min
Jun 9, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 9, 3:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	43 min
Jun 9, 3:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	49 min
Jun 9, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	46 min
Jun 9, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	24 min
Jun 9, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	37 min
Jun 9, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	32 min
Jun 9, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	33 min
Jun 9, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jun 9, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	29 min
Jun 9, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	34 min
Jun 9, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	31 min
Jun 9, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	23 min
Jun 9, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	21 min
Jun 9, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	31 min
Jun 9, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	27 min
Jun 9, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	32 min
Jun 9, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	36 min
Jun 9, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	47 min
Jun 9, 5:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	3 hr
Jun 9, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	32 min
Jun 9, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min

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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.