Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico
2,157 red flag warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 2,157
- Busiest year
- 2011242 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 103over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County700
- Otero County628
- San Miguel County614
- Catron County611
- Union County608
- Harding County585
- Sierra County499
- Grant County473
- Doña Ana County449
- Hidalgo County447
- Luna County447
- Sandoval County446
- Socorro County402
- Bernalillo County367
- Valencia County357
- McKinley County321
- San Juan County321
- Cibola County302
- Rio Arriba County230
- Eddy County160
- Chaves County159
- Lea County141
- Colfax County125
- Mora County125
- Santa Fe County123
- Torrance County114
- Curry County110
- De Baca County110
- Quay County110
- Roosevelt County110
- Guadalupe County105
- Taos County39
- Los Alamos County20
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 12:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 32 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:32 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 18 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 29 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos and 11 more | 56 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:21 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 67 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Los Alamos and 11 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 19, 12:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:12 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 9 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:44 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 30 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:08 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 57 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:08 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 33 hr |
| May 28, 1:47 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 6 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.