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High Wind Watch 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 2010

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at May 5, 2010, 2:38 PM MDT. It took effect at May 6, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2010, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 6, 2010, 4:09 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at May 5, 2:11 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:11 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT WED MAY 5 2010

NMZ501>540-061200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES
COUNTY-
600 AM MDT WED MAY 5 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY
AREAWIDE. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55
OR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY OVER
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THEREAFTER...STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY REDEVELOP NEXT MONDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 5:48 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro14 hr
May 5, 5:48 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more39 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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