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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 16, 202613 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2026, 12:21 PM MDT for 13 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2026, 12:21 PM MDT (18:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2026, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 16, 11:23 AM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 11:23 AM MDT, 58 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
Apr 16, 1:01 AM MDT	Freeze Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, McKinley and 11 more	24 hr
Apr 16, 12:14 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more	32 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.