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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 22, 2026Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2026, 5:15 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min. 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 22, 2026, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2026, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 314 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 154 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry14 min
May 21, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves29 min
May 21, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union35 min
May 22, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax25 min
May 22, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry35 min
May 22, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel44 min
May 22, 3:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca23 min
May 22, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca29 min
May 22, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca49 min
May 22, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt29 min
May 22, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay38 min
May 22, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.