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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 16, 202617 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 16, 2026, 12:14 PM MDT for 17 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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: Apr 16, 2026, 12:14 PM MDT (18:14 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Apr 16, 11:23 AM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 11:23 AM MDT, 51 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
Apr 16, 1:01 AM MDT	Freeze Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, McKinley and 11 more	24 hr
Apr 16, 12:21 PM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Colfax, Curry, Harding, Lincoln, Mora and 7 more	36 hr

Nearby

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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.