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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 3, 2010

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2010, 1:11 PM MST. It was in force for 18 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
Feb 3, 2010, 1:11 PM MST (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2010, 7:12 AM MST
In force
18 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 Feb 3, 10:05 AM MST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 10:05 AM MST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 6:00 AM MST, 7 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MST WED FEB 3 2010

NMZ501>540-041300-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
600 AM MST WED FEB 3 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD
TODAY ACROSS NEW MEXICO. MODERATE RAINFALL ON SNOWPACK MAY RESULT
IN RISES OF SOME RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO. SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...ALLOWING FOR MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
MORNING. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MAY BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

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 AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
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
Feb 2, 11:06 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchABQ6 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.