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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 19, 2026Socorro County, Torrance County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2026, 5:31 PM MDT for Socorro County, Torrance County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 17 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 19, 2026, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2026, 5:48 PM MDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 23 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 23 hours 47 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
Sep 18, 6:11 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	2 hr
Sep 18, 6:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	2 hr
Sep 18, 6:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro	113 min
Sep 18, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	34 min
Sep 18, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Sep 18, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	26 min
Sep 18, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
Sep 18, 9:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Sep 18, 9:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Sep 19, 7:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	30 min
Sep 19, 10:03 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	27 min
Sep 19, 11:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	44 min
Sep 19, 11:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	35 min
Sep 19, 12:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	52 min
Sep 19, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	44 min
Sep 19, 12:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		47 min
Sep 19, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	34 min
Sep 19, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		37 min
Sep 19, 1:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 19, 1:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	40 min
Sep 19, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	24 min
Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	34 min
Sep 19, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	16 min
Sep 19, 1:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola	41 min
Sep 19, 1:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 19, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	35 min
Sep 19, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Sep 19, 1:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	30 min
Sep 19, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	46 min
Sep 19, 2:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 19, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	33 min
Sep 19, 2:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval	29 min
Sep 19, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	40 min
Sep 19, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	46 min
Sep 19, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Sep 19, 3:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	36 min
Sep 19, 3:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	48 min
Sep 19, 3:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Sep 19, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	38 min
Sep 19, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	29 min
Sep 19, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	26 min
Sep 19, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	36 min
Sep 19, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	31 min
Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	46 min
Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola	19 min
Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Sep 19, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	21 min
Sep 19, 4:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	31 min
Sep 19, 4:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Sep 19, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	47 min
Sep 19, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	25 min
Sep 19, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	46 min
Sep 19, 5:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	118 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.