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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 397, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 10, 2025Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2025, 6:41 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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: Aug 10, 2025, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2025, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

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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
Aug 10, 12:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 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 Aug 10, 5:51 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 5:51 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 4:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
512 PM MDT Sun Aug 10 2025

NMZ236-110000-
Roosevelt County NM-
512 PM MDT Sun Aug 10 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY
UNTIL 6 PM MDT...

At 512 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles south of Arch, or 17 miles southeast of Portales, moving north
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Causey, Arch and Rogers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on roadways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 10305 3395 10330 3421 10325 3421 10304
      3409 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 189DEG 10KT 3403 10312

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

25/34

Local storm report, Aug 10, 5:47 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 6:03 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 6:36 PM MDT, 5 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
Aug 10, 6:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	50 min
Aug 10, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	42 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	50 min
Aug 10, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	14 min
Aug 10, 7:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Aug 11, 11:47 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more	31 hr
Aug 11, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	27 min
Aug 11, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	47 min
Aug 11, 3:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	13 min
Aug 11, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		22 min
Aug 11, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	32 min
Aug 11, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	30 min
Aug 11, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	40 min
Aug 11, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	32 min
Aug 11, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	43 min
Aug 11, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	27 min
Aug 11, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	48 min
Aug 11, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
Aug 11, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	36 min
Aug 11, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	39 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.