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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS El Paso, TX

June 26, 20268 counties in New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2026, 1:21 AM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jun 27, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 26, 2026, 1:21 AM MDT (07:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
34 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

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2026-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna25 min
Jun 25, 6:12 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana63 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Otero65 min
Jun 25, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana61 min
Jun 25, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZLuna54 min
Jun 25, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEPZLuna57 min
Jun 26, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementEPZDoña Ana, Luna85 min
Jun 26, 5:50 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZDoña Ana, Luna85 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryEPZEl Paso46 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.