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Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 16, 202615 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 AM MDT for 15 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 17, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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: Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 AM MDT (17:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2026, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 Jun 16, 5:46 AM MDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:46 AM MDT, 5 hours 26 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
Jun 15, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 15, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 15, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Jun 15, 8:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	29 min
Jun 15, 9:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	46 min
Jun 16, 3:51 AM MDT	Extreme Heat Watch	ABQ	Chaves	8 hr
Jun 16, 12:06 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Curry, Quay, Roosevelt, Sandoval and 2 more	32 hr
Jun 16, 12:06 PM MDT	Extreme Heat Warning	ABQ	Chaves	32 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

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.