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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 3, 2026Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2026, 3:59 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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 3, 2026, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2026, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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 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 3, 2:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:03 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron39 min
Aug 2, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron33 min
Aug 3, 11:10 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 3 more33 hr
Aug 3, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Aug 3, 3:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron2 hr
Aug 3, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron14 min
Aug 3, 4:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr

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.