Red Flag Warning for West Central New Mexico Regions
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 3, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Red Flag Warning has been issued by NWS Albuquerque NM for areas including the West Central Mountains and Middle Rio Grande Valley, due to strong winds and low humidity increasing fire risks.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Red Flag Warning
- Affected area
- West Central New Mexico
- Issued
- May 3, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Albuquerque NM
Fire-weather notices describe conditions that can support rapid fire spread; they do not report that a fire is present. Check local emergency sources for any active incident.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in West Central New Mexico.
Red Flag Warning in New Mexico
Alert Details
The Red Flag Warning has been issued by NWS Albuquerque NM. It is an actual alert with a severity of Severe and event code FWW.
Affected Areas
The warning affects the West Central Mountains, Middle Rio Grande Valley, West Central Basin and Range, and Sandia and Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, specifically zones NMZ105, NMZ106, NMZ109, and NMZ124.
What You Should Do
Advise appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning and prepare for potential fire spread.
Expected Conditions
Southwest to west winds at 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 60 mph, strongest over the mountains. Relative humidity will reach minimum values of 10 to 15 percent, up to 20 percent along the continental divide, and over 20 percent in the Chuska Mountains. Lightning activity may occur with little wetting precipitation.
Timeline
The warning is effective from April 26, 2026, at 11:00 AM MDT until April 26, 2026, at 8:00 PM MDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,003 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 3, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.