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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 2, 2008

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this freeze warning at May 2, 2008, 2:30 PM MDT. It took effect at May 2, 2008, 6:37 PM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2008, 2:30 PM MDT (20:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2008, 6:37 PM MDT
Expired: May 3, 2008, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, 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 this freeze warning went out at May 2, 2:03 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 2:03 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT FRI MAY 2 2008

NMZ001>021-026-031200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
600 AM MDT FRI MAY 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA ALONG AND EAST
OF THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY
THIS EVENING. THIS AREA HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER A RED FLAG WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

FOR SATURDAY...TUESDAY AND THURSDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR SUNDAY...MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. BUT THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE EASTERN BORDER.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO
REPORT MEASURED WIND SPEEDS...WIND IMPACTS...WIND DAMAGE...OR
WILDFIRES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:15 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:03 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ		12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New Mexico, 2008 Every freeze warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.