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Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 15, 202617 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at May 15, 2026, 12:08 PM MDT for 17 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 16, 2026, 2:00 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 15, 2026, 12:08 PM MDT (18:08 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: May 16, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 6 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 18:06 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 May 14, 5:27 PM MDT, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 5:27 PM MDT, 18 hours 41 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
May 14, 8:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	23 min
May 15, 2:09 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	18 hr
May 15, 12:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	32 min
May 15, 1:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	32 min
May 15, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	42 min
May 15, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	45 min
May 15, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
May 15, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	45 min
May 15, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	44 min
May 15, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
May 15, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	48 min
May 15, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 15, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min

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.