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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS El Paso, TX

May 16, 20254 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 16, 2025, 12:41 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 17, 2025, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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, 12:41 PM MDT (18:41 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2025, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 17, 2025, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:07 AM MDTFire Weather WatchEPZCatron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more23 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2025Every 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.