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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 16, 2026Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2026, 4:33 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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 16, 2026, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2026, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
42 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 22:34 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, 5:56 PM MDT, 22 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 5:56 PM MDT, 22 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan3 hr
Sep 15, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan28 min
Sep 15, 6:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan3 hr
Sep 15, 7:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Sep 15, 10:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion25 min
Sep 16, 6:25 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln3 hr
Sep 16, 11:23 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Sep 16, 12:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola113 min
Sep 16, 1:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan3 hr
Sep 16, 2:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley3 hr
Sep 16, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan14 min
Sep 16, 2:27 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMcKinley3 hr
Sep 16, 2:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Juan3 hr
Sep 16, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan14 min
Sep 16, 2:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Sep 16, 3:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley, San Juan3 hr
Sep 16, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel28 min
Sep 16, 3:36 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln3 hr
Sep 16, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe29 min
Sep 16, 3:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 16, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Sep 16, 4:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan3 hr
Sep 16, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding27 min
Sep 16, 4:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe3 hr
Sep 16, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln26 min
Sep 16, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding14 min
Sep 16, 4:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Mora3 hr
Sep 16, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance30 min
Sep 16, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance31 min
Sep 16, 5:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr

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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.