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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 1, 2026Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2026, 5:26 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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: Aug 1, 2026, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2026, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Quay County, NM

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 5:11 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 5:11 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:29 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:41 PM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:52 PM MDT, 34 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
Jul 31, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	48 min
Jul 31, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	34 min
Jul 31, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	46 min
Jul 31, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	46 min
Aug 1, 12:14 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, McKinley, San Juan	32 hr
Aug 1, 12:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	27 min
Aug 1, 1:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Aug 1, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	28 min
Aug 1, 1:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	26 min
Aug 1, 1:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	35 min
Aug 1, 1:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	25 min
Aug 1, 1:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Aug 1, 2:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	23 min
Aug 1, 2:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	22 min
Aug 1, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	30 min
Aug 1, 2:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	31 min
Aug 1, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Aug 1, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	33 min
Aug 1, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
Aug 1, 3:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	34 min
Aug 1, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	31 min
Aug 1, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	25 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Aug 1, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Aug 1, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Aug 1, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	34 min
Aug 1, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	31 min
Aug 1, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Aug 1, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Aug 1, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	34 min
Aug 1, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	32 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	27 min
Aug 1, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	46 min
Aug 1, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Aug 1, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	25 min
Aug 1, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	30 min
Aug 1, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	24 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.