Alert archive / New Mexico / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2012, 3:13 AM MDT. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2012, 3:13 AM MDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877 WWUS75 KABQ 120913 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 313 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 NMZ512>515-523-527>534-121800- /O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.120412T1800Z-120413T0100Z/ 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-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 313 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE AT RATON PASS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR ACROSS EASTERN TORRANCE...GUADALUPE...AND QUAY COUNTIES. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST INCREASING TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY THROUGH THE MORNING WITH SPEEDS REACHING 35 MPH AROUND NOON. DEVELOPING GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. WINDS WILL DECREASE STEADILY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS LINE...OR FROM MILE MARKER 220 TO MILE MARKER 370...AND ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...OR FROM MILE MARKER 300 TO MILE MARKER 460. EXPECT GUSTS ACROSS HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87...HIGHWAYS 56 AND 412...STATE ROADS 120 AND 104...STATE ROAD 39...AND HIGHWAYS 54...84...AND 285. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE AND BLOW ACROSS ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS. && $$ SHY
3 follow-up statements
117 WWUS75 KABQ 121740 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1140 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 NMZ512>515-523-527>534-130100- /O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.120412T1800Z-120413T0100Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- 1140 AM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE AT RATON PASS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON...PEAKING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS TO THE TEXAS LINE...OR FROM MILE MARKER 220 TO MILE MARKER 370...AND ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA PASS TO THE COLORADO LINE...OR FROM MILE MARKER 300 TO MILE MARKER 460. EXPECT GUSTS ACROSS HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87...HIGHWAYS 56 AND 412... STATE ROADS 120 AND 104...STATE ROAD 39...AND HIGHWAYS 54... 84...AND 285. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BECOME AIRBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS. && $$
548 WWUS75 KABQ 122122 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 322 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING WITH A VERY STRONG EVENT ON SATURDAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY PREVALENT ALONG AND EAST OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS TODAY. THESE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD SUNSET...BUT WILL LIKELY RE-STRENGTHEN ON FRIDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BLANKET A LARGER PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE NORTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. WHILE SOME LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE DECREASING WIND SPEEDS FRIDAY EVENING...THE HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL OBSERVE STRENGTHENING WINDS SPEEDS AS A STRONG MID LEVEL JET APPROACHES. SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...EVEN BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THROUGH THE LATE MORNING SATURDAY STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE AS THEY SPREAD FARTHER NORTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST WITH THESE VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY. NMZ523-527>534-130100- /O.NEW.KABQ.HW.A.0008.120414T0600Z-120415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120413T0100Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY- 322 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA TO THE RATON PASS...AND INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS TO TUCUMCARI TO THE TEXAS BORDER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. ON SATURDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY EXCEEDING 65 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. BY MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY WINDS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN...PEAKING BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE AREAS SUCH AS OPEN FIELDS AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION SITES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...AND BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE SUDDEN CHANGES TO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. SOME DAMAGE TO ROOF TOPS...UTILITY POLES...AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS. REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ512>515-130100- /O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120413T0100Z/ WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 322 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * VISIBILITY...NO WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. * LOCAL IMPACTS...EXPECT LOCALLY STRONG CROSS WINDS ALONG NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELLING. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS. && $$ NMZ508-520>522-524>526-535>540-130100- /O.NEW.KABQ.HW.A.0008.120414T0600Z-120415T0200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 322 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA AND LOWER RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEYS...AND MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. * WINDS...STRENGTHENING SATURDAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 AND 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN NEAR AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. IN ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MIX TO THE SURFACE UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS AREA WIDE SATURDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE AREAS SUCH AS OPEN FIELDS AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION SITES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...AND BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE SUDDEN CHANGES TO VISIBILITY ON SATURDAY. SOME DAMAGE TO ROOF TOPS...UTILITY POLES...AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$
249 WWUS75 KABQ 130059 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 659 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...PERIODS OF WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING WITH A VERY STRONG EVENT ON SATURDAY... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RE-STRENGTHEN ON FRIDAY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BLANKET A LARGER PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. WHILE SOME LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE DECREASING WIND SPEEDS FRIDAY EVENING...THE HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL OBSERVE STRENGTHENING WINDS SPEEDS AS A STRONG MID LEVEL JET APPROACHES. SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS...EVEN BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THROUGH THE LATE MORNING SATURDAY STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE AS THEY SPREAD FARTHER NORTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST WITH THESE VERY STRONG WINDS SATURDAY. NMZ523-527>534-131100- /O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120413T0100Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.HW.A.0008.120414T0600Z-120415T0200Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY- 659 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 FROM GLORIETA TO THE RATON PASS...AND INTERSTATE 40 FROM CLINES CORNERS TO TUCUMCARI TO THE TEXAS BORDER. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY EXCEEDING 65 MPH SATURDAY. * TIMING...BY MID TO LATE MORNING SATURDAY WINDS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN...PEAKING EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING SATURDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE AREAS SUCH AS OPEN FIELDS AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION SITES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...AND BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE SUDDEN CHANGES TO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. SOME DAMAGE TO ROOF TOPS...UTILITY POLES...AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ NMZ512>515-130200- /O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-120413T0100Z/ 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- 659 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN. $$ NMZ508-520>522-524>526-535>540-131100- /O.CON.KABQ.HW.A.0008.120414T0600Z-120415T0200Z/ SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 659 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA AND LOWER RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEYS...AND MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO. * WINDS...STRENGTHENING SATURDAY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 AND 65 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN NEAR AND SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. IN ADJACENT LOWER ELEVATIONS THE STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MIX TO THE SURFACE UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS AREA WIDE SATURDAY EVENING. * VISIBILITY...EXPECT WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST...ESPECIALLY IN DUST PRONE AREAS SUCH AS OPEN FIELDS AND ONGOING CONSTRUCTION SITES. * LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ON NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...AND BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE SUDDEN CHANGES TO VISIBILITY ON SATURDAY. SOME DAMAGE TO ROOF TOPS...UTILITY POLES...AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING HIGH WIND EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 11:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 23 min |
| Apr 12, 12:57 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 13 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 13 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:22 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 24 hr |
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