S. combined with intense daytime heating resulted in the development of high based showers and thunderstorms across west central New Mexico midday June 8th moving northeast across central New Mexico during the late afternoon and early evening hours.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Mid level moisture pulled up ahead of an upper level disturbance over the western U.S. combined with intense daytime heating resulted in the development of high based showers and thunderstorms across west central New Mexico midday June 8th moving northeast across central New Mexico during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Little to no rainfall from these high based showers and thunderstorms reached the ground and instead resulted in erratic wind gusts and areas of blowing dust. Some of these virga showers and dry thunderstorms resulted in severe wind gusts at a personal weather station in western Albuquerque and at the Santa Fe Municipal Airport. The disturbance moved across the state on June 9th resulting in high based showers and storms across central New Mexico and wetter strong to severe storms across eastern New Mexico due to higher low level moisture across this part of the state. Severe wind gusts were observed at the Wild Rivers RAWS near Questa and at Conchas Lake State Park. Finally, very dry and gusty winds were observed across far western New Mexico with a brief high wind gust at Gallup Municipal Airport during the afternoon hours June 9th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 8, 12:43 PM MST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 143 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, FIRE WEATHER... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 123 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 - Isolated to scattered showers and dry thunderstorms over parts of western and central New Mexico Monday and Tuesday will lead to potentially damaging downburst winds, patchy blowing dust, dry lightning, and a risk of new fire starts. - Dry and breezy winds along with hot temperatures will result in an increasing risk for rapid fire spread each afternoon through Tuesday across far western New Mexico and across northeast New Mexico on Wednesday. - Isolated to scattered thunderstorms across eastern New Mexico Tuesday could producing damaging wind gusts and large hail. - Moderate risk for heat-related illnesses across the Rio Grande Valley and eastern New Mexico this upcoming week. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 123 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 Quite a few weather impacts and hazards are looming this week, none of which are overly concerning on their own, but the combination of these several minor threats will keep things busy at the forecast desk. A speed max aloft (65 kt at 300 mb) is moving into NM from the southwest today with sufficient mid level moisture that will spawn high-based showers and thunderstorms, producing mostly virga, gusty winds, and perhaps blowing dust. These showers and dry thunderstorms will favor western to central NM, and are projected to continue overnight before the speed max shifts farther east on Tuesday. Low level moisture via return flow is also modeled to enter southeastern NM early Tuesday morning. Any low stratus or fog should mostly stay southeast of our forecast area in the morning, but the dewpoint rises will be significant with 50's and low 60's (deg F) continuing to infiltrate our east central to southeastern zones through the afternoon Tuesday. This moisture coupled with rising instability and relatively weak, but sufficient, jet dynamics will yield thunderstorms with a few turning strong to severe on Tuesday, mainly over northeastern NM. Also of note, a slight uptick in winds aloft (15 to 30 kt at 700mb) and a lee- side surface trough will produce stronger prevailing winds on Tuesday, especially over northern zones which will be most prone to gusts of 35 to 40 mph. Pressure heights will remain high (about 85th percentile), and this will keep temperatures warm to hot Tuesday. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Sunday) Issued at 123 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 An upper level trough will move over the northern Rockies on Wednesday, dragging drier westerlies aloft into NM. Although low level moisture will have entered more of eastern NM early Wednesday morning, this will be scoured out by the afternoon with dewpoints falling quickly. This will put the kibosh on storms while keeping breezy to windy conditions going. The drier air and downsloping component in eastern zones will allow temperatures to gain a couple to a few degrees, introducing more in the way of minor risk for heat related impacts and illnesses on Wednesday. The Wednesday trough will eject into southern Ontario with another shortwave trough dropping over WY/NE/SD on Thursday. This will lead to another lee-side surface trough in northeast NM with dry, hot, and moderately breezy conditions persisting. A few locations will gain a couple degrees more on Thursday, pushing them close to Heat Advisory thresholds, particularly the lower Rio Grande and lower Pecos valleys. After the shortwave trough on Thursday ejects into the northern Great Plains late in the day and overnight, a notable backdoor surface front will slide down the plains and into eastern NM through Friday morning. The backdoor front will meet up with moist return flow, instigating significant moisture advection over eastern zones and even modest increases over central zones. This will be a catalyst for more showers and thunderstorms Friday with lingering moisture getting recycled for another subdued crop of storms on Saturday. The flow aloft is modeled to turn more northwesterly into Sunday with another shortwave trough and attendant moist, cold front potentially clipping northeastern NM with additional storms following. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 123 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 Visual Flight Rules will predominantly apply today and Tuesday with the primary aviation weather concerns being showers and thunderstorms that will produce minimal rainfall, but gusty downburst winds. Rain will largely evaporate below cloud bases, creating an environment favorable for very abrupt and erratic wind gusts and perhaps blowing dust. Showers and thunderstorms are already forming over the southern high terrain of New Mexico and will work toward the central and northern areas through the evening and overnight. A new crop of similar showers and storms will redevelop Tuesday between the Continental Divide (KE33 to K4SL to KGNT) and the central mountain chain (KAXX to KCQC to KSRR) while wetter, stronger storms will be capable of developing eastward into the plains. The wetter storms in eastern areas on Tuesday would be more prone to the usual gusty winds, lightning, hail, and brief downpours. Prevailing winds will be breezy to windy with the strongest winds over west central New Mexico this afternoon, spreading to northern areas of the state on Tuesday when gusts will reach 25 to 35 kt. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 123 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026 The transitional period between spring and the monsoon is upon us with bouts of dry gusty westerlies continuing to threaten between moisture intrusions. Through this evening, the main fire weather concern is dry thunderstorms and gusty winds from virga across western and central zones. Moisture increases in eastern NM on Tuesday via return flow, and this will lead to isolated to scattered storms capable of small wetting footprints of rain east of the central mountain chain, as well as hail and downburst winds. Meanwhile areas between the Continental Divide and the central mountain chain will be more prone to keep observing dry storms and virga Tuesday afternoon and evening. The other concern for Tuesday will be a bit of an uptick in winds across northern NM which will pose critical fire weather concerns over northwestern to west central zones where low RH will be juxtaposed, and consequently a Red Flag Warning remains in effect for tomorrow. Excellent humidity recoveries will grace the eastern plains Wednesday morning, but unfortunately the low layer moisture will all be scoured out by Wednesday afternoon with afternoon RH plummeting. This drop in moisture along with breezy to windy conditions will reintroduce marginal to critical fire weather conditions on Wednesday, mainly in the upper Rio Grande valley and northeastern quadrant of the state. For now, confidence is highest in the northeastern zones where a Fire Weather Watch has been expanded. Winds are modeled to reduce into Thursday, but dry and breezy conditions are still forecast with the northern zones poised to observe the strongest gusts of 25 to 30 mph. In typical early June fashion, the moisture then looks to return to the eastern half of NM via a couple of backdoor fronts early Friday and again on Sunday. This will reintroduce chances for wetting rainfall to the eastern zones, but western areas will again be teased by virga and a few dry thunderstorms. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 57 93 55 92 / 10 5 0 0 Dulce........................... 47 86 45 86 / 20 30 5 0 Cuba............................ 53 86 51 88 / 20 30 10 0 Gallup.......................... 48 89 46 89 / 5 0 0 0 El Morro........................ 51 84 49 85 / 20 20 0 0 Grants.......................... 52 88 51 90 / 20 20 0 0 Quemado......................... 52 87 50 88 / 20 10 0 0 Magdalena....................... 60 86 59 91 / 10 20 5 0 Datil........................... 55 85 54 88 / 20 20 0 0 Reserve......................... 50 91 48 93 / 10 0 0 0 Glenwood........................ 53 96 53 96 / 10 0 0 0 Chama........................... 46 77 44 79 / 20 50 10 0 Los Alamos...................... 59 84 60 87 / 20 30 20 0 Pecos........................... 54 86 53 88 / 10 40 20 0 Cerro/Questa.................... 52 79 51 83 / 10 40 20 0 Red River....................... 43 73 42 77 / 10 40 20 0 Angel Fire...................... 35 77 38 79 / 10 40 20 0 Taos............................ 53 83 51 86 / 10 40 20 0 Mora............................ 52 82 51 85 / 10 40 20 0 Espanola........................ 57 91 56 94 / 10 30 20 0 Santa Fe........................ 58 85 56 89 / 10 30 20 0 Santa Fe Airport................ 57 89 54 93 / 10 30 10 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 65 91 65 95 / 10 20 10 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 63 92 62 96 / 10 20 10 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 58 95 57 98 / 10 20 10 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 62 93 62 97 / 20 20 10 0 Belen........................... 60 96 60 100 / 10 20 10 0 Bernalillo...................... 61 94 61 97 / 10 30 10 0 Bosque Farms.................... 57 94 57 98 / 10 20 10 0 Corrales........................ 61 94 61 98 / 10 30 10 0 Los Lunas....................... 58 94 59 98 / 10 20 10 0 Placitas........................ 63 90 62 94 / 10 30 10 0 Rio Rancho...................... 62 92 62 96 / 20 20 10 0 Socorro......................... 66 97 65 101 / 10 10 5 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 58 86 58 89 / 10 30 10 0 Tijeras......................... 59 88 58 91 / 10 20 10 0 Edgewood........................ 56 88 57 91 / 10 20 20 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 51 90 53 92 / 10 20 20 0 Clines Corners.................. 56 85 56 88 / 10 30 20 0 Mountainair..................... 55 89 57 91 / 10 20 10 0 Gran Quivira.................... 57 88 58 90 / 10 20 10 0 Carrizozo....................... 65 92 65 93 / 5 10 10 0 Ruidoso......................... 55 84 57 87 / 5 20 20 0 Capulin......................... 52 83 51 87 / 0 40 30 0 Raton........................... 52 87 51 91 / 0 40 30 0 Springer........................ 53 89 53 93 / 0 30 20 0 Las Vegas....................... 55 85 54 89 / 10 50 30 0 Clayton......................... 62 92 61 95 / 0 40 20 0 Roy............................. 57 88 56 93 / 5 40 40 0 Conchas......................... 64 95 63 100 / 5 40 40 0 Santa Rosa...................... 62 91 61 97 / 5 40 30 0 Tucumcari....................... 68 97 67 102 / 5 20 40 0 Clovis.......................... 66 93 65 99 / 0 10 20 0 Portales........................ 67 94 66 100 / 0 10 20 0 Fort Sumner..................... 66 94 64 100 / 5 20 30 0 Roswell......................... 69 97 68 102 / 0 20 10 0 Picacho......................... 62 91 61 96 / 0 50 20 0 Elk............................. 60 89 60 93 / 0 30 20 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning from noon to 9 PM MDT Tuesday for NMZ101-105. Fire Weather Watch from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening for NMZ104-123. Red Flag Warning until 9 PM MDT this evening for NMZ105. && SHORT TERM...52 LONG TERM....52 AVIATION...52
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
341 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026
NMZ219-082215-
Middle Rio Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area NM-
341 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026
...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL
VALENCIA...BERNALILLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 415
PM MDT...
At 341 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm outflow
boundary extending from near Paradise Hills to 8 miles northwest of
Los Lunas, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and blowing dust.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Visibility may be reduced below 4 miles.
Locations impacted include...
Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque,
South Valley, Paradise Hills, North Valley, Isleta Pueblo, Cabezon
and Rio Rancho Intel Area.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 145 and 164. Interstate 25 between
Mile Markers 208 and 235.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 10701 3510 10685 3523 10689 3533 10663
3513 10652 3490 10662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 241DEG 6KT 3521 10677 3509 10673 3492 10683
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
34Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
352 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026
NMZ219-220-082215-
Lower Rio Grande Valley NM-Middle Rio Grande Valley including the
Albuquerque Metro Area NM-
352 PM MDT Mon Jun 8 2026
...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST WILL IMPACT CENTRAL VALENCIA AND
NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a thunderstorm outflow
boundary extending from 5 miles west of Los Lunas to 11 miles
northwest of Bernardo, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and blowing dust.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Visibility may be reduced below 3 miles.
Locations impacted include...
Los Lunas, Belen, Valencia, Bosque Farms, Los Trujillos-Gabaldon,
Jarales, Los Chaves, Casa Colorada, Rio Communities and Tome.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 60 near Mile Marker 171. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers
176 and 207.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Blowing dust associated with strong thunderstorm winds can reduce
visibility below 3 miles at times.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 10710 3466 10704 3466 10701 3468 10701
3469 10702 3470 10702 3472 10701 3482 10701
3489 10660 3473 10662 3441 10674 3446 10701
3449 10703 3452 10708 3452 10709 3454 10709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 276DEG 17KT 3481 10685 3471 10686 3454 10695
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
34The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:58 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Wunderground station near Petroglyph National Monument in western Albuquerque measured a 66 mph wind gust caused by a virga induced microburst.
The ASOS at Santa Fe Municipal Airport measured a 71 mph wind gust caused by a virga induced microburst.
An observer at Conchas Lake State Park estimated a 60 mph wind gust from a severe thunderstorm. The thunderstorm also dropped pea size hail at the site.
The Wild Rivers RAWS measured a 58 mph wind gust as virga showers and a dry thunderstorm moved through the site.
The ASOS at Gallup Municipal Airport measured a 62 mph wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 2026
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1329660, 1329661, 1329742, 1329743, 1329871.