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Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 19, 2010

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Dec 19, 2010, 9:04 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 20, 2010, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for . 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 19, 2010, 9:04 PM MST (04:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2010, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 20, 2010, 4:34 AM MST
In force
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 19, 8:38 PM MST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 8:38 PM MST, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 5:36 AM MST, 15 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
536 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010

NMZ501>540-201300-
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-
536 AM MST SUN DEC 19 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES
OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW LEVELS REMAINING NEAR 8500 FEET BY MONDAY
MORNING. FOR THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS...THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...THE
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN
SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES...SNOW DEVELOPING TONIGHT WILL BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 8500 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY

REPEATED SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES
OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...AND THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS REMAINING
ABOVE 8000 FEET. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER
SUMMITS NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER.

ON MONDAY...WEST WIND GUSTS WILL STRENGTHEN FORM EARLY MORNING
ONWARD OVER THE SUMMITS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS
AND PLAINS. EXPECT GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH AT TIMES MONDAY
AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND SNOWFALL OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO HIGH
COUNTRY WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES AND ADDITIONAL
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FRIDAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...MEASURED
WIND SPEEDS AND WIND IMPACTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...BY CALLING
1.888.386.7637...OR VIA AMATEUR RADIO.

SHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 9:04 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQ8 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every winter storm warning in 2010

Sources

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