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Red Flag Warning 14, NWS El Paso, TX

May 17, 20268 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at May 17, 2026, 12:03 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at May 18, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2026, 12:03 PM MDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 18, 2026, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 18, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Catron County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, Sierra County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at May 17, 5:31 AM MDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 5:31 AM MDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
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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.