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Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 14, 2026, 1:26 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. 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 14, 2026, 1:26 PM MDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2026, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 May 14, 11:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 11:38 AM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 14, 1:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 26 min |
| May 14, 1:26 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more | 36 hr |
| May 14, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 24 min |
| May 14, 1:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 35 min |
| May 14, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 34 min |
| May 14, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 30 min |
| May 14, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 48 min |
| May 14, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 34 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.