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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 15, 2026Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2026, 4:05 PM MDT for Chaves 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
Sep 15, 2026, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2026, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 Sep 15, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 15, 1:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo3 hr
Sep 14, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ34 min
Sep 14, 9:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley24 min
Sep 15, 1:01 AM MDTFlood WatchABQCatron, Socorro23 hr
Sep 15, 11:07 AM MDTFlood WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, McKinley and 9 more43 hr
Sep 15, 12:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba3 hr
Sep 15, 12:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley, Sandoval3 hr
Sep 15, 1:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Sep 15, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval113 min
Sep 15, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ30 min
Sep 15, 1:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr
Sep 15, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe3 hr
Sep 15, 3:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba24 min
Sep 15, 3:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba, Sandoval3 hr
Sep 15, 3:48 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe4 hr
Sep 15, 3:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe3 hr
Sep 15, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley3 hr
Sep 15, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Sep 15, 4:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe3 hr
Sep 15, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval23 min
Sep 15, 4:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Sep 15, 4:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval3 hr
Sep 15, 5:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe3 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.