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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 6, 2026Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2026, 7:05 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 6, 2026, 7:05 PM MDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe27 min
Aug 6, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance52 min
Aug 6, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe33 min
Aug 6, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
Aug 7, 12:28 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 4 more32 hr
Aug 7, 1:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTaos3 hr
Aug 7, 2:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax112 min
Aug 7, 3:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln22 min
Aug 7, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
Aug 7, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel23 min
Aug 7, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln27 min
Aug 7, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion37 min
Aug 7, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln31 min
Aug 7, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe31 min
Aug 7, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln33 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.