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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 4, 2025Bernalillo County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2025, 5:43 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Valencia 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: May 4, 2025, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2025, 6:17 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

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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 May 4, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:27 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 2:41 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 3:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 3:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 3:43 PM MDT, 2 hours before

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Special weather statement, May 4, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 4:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
409 PM MDT Sun May 4 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     Hail             1 ESE Cabezon           35.23N 106.68W
05/04/2025  M0.88 Inch       Sandoval           NM   NWS Employee

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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 4, 12:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	29 min
May 4, 12:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	31 min
May 4, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	25 min
May 4, 1:47 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	14 hr
May 4, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	47 min
May 4, 2:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
May 4, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
May 4, 2:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	24 min
May 4, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	26 min
May 4, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	40 min
May 4, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	61 min
May 4, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	32 min
May 4, 3:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
May 4, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	55 min
May 4, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
May 4, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	39 min
May 4, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	59 min
May 4, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	42 min
May 4, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	27 min
May 4, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay	19 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.