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Winter Storm Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 24, 2008

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2008, 4:01 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for 42 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
Dec 24, 2008, 4:01 AM MST (11:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2008, 12:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 26, 2008, 6:00 PM MST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 24, 3:00 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 3:00 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 5:46 PM MST, 10 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
546 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2008

UPDATED TO REMOVE MENTION OF WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN DAY ONE

NMZ001>021-026-241300-
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-
546 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END TONIGHT IN WESTERN...NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL AREAS...WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
IN PLACES WITH RECENT SNOW ACCUMULATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AS A PAIR OF
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL CROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH THE LAST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM CURRENTLY DRAWING TO A CLOSE OVER THE STATE.

FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING
1.888.386.7637.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 6:23 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningABQ6 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Every winter storm 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.