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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2026, 12:50 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Mar 12, 2026, 12:50 PM MDT (18:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 Mar 11, 5:30 PM MDT, 19 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:30 PM MDT, 19 hours 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 1:26 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 11 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:50 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and 13 more | 37 hr |
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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.