Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, May 2026
13 red flag warnings in May 2026. 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 in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 13
- Busiest day
- May 16, 20263 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:21 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 17 hr |
| May 14, 1:26 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 6 hr |
| May 15, 2:09 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 18 hr |
| May 15, 12:08 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more | 32 hr |
| May 16, 10:45 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero | 33 hr |
| May 16, 11:14 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 60 hr |
| May 16, 12:04 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 17 more | 33 hr |
| May 17, 12:03 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | EPZ | Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna and 2 more | 32 hr |
| May 17, 12:06 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 14 more | 33 hr |
| May 17, 12:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero | 31 hr |
| May 19, 1:03 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro, Valencia | 18 hr |
| May 28, 12:13 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 1 more | 32 hr |
| May 28, 1:47 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lincoln County8
- Catron County6
- Sandoval County6
- Otero County5
- Socorro County5
- Colfax County4
- Mora County4
- San Miguel County4
- Union County4
- Curry County4
- De Baca County4
- Quay County4
- Roosevelt County4
- Bernalillo County4
- Valencia County4
- Doña Ana County3
- Grant County3
- Hidalgo County3
- Luna County3
- Sierra County3
- Guadalupe County3
- Harding County3
- Santa Fe County3
- Torrance County3
- Cibola County3
- McKinley County3
- Rio Arriba County3
- San Juan County3
- Chaves County2
- Eddy County2
- Lea County2
- Taos County2
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.