Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Torrance, NM was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 21:55 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 19 at 3:55PM MDT until September 19 at 4:45PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM SVRABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West Central Torrance County in central New Mexico... * Until 445 PM MDT. * At 355 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Abo, or 25 miles southwest of Estancia, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Estancia, Mountainair, Willard and Abo. This includes Highway 60 near Mile Marker 198...and between Mile Markers 200 and 228.

Where this happened

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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 34.535°, -106.304°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

Understanding storm events

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Timeline and sources

Official warning

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  1. · received · event time 19 Sep 2026, 21:55 UTC
    First report Official warning

    First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  2. · received · event time 19 Sep 2026, 22:17 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Torrance, NM"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 2 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time

0mm
Rainfall that day
25°C
Maximum temperature
12°C
Minimum temperature
37km/h
Peak wind speed

No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 25°C, and winds reached 37 km/h. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.

Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.