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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 12, 2012

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
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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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 11:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding23 min
Apr 12, 12:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion33 min
Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCatron, Socorro13 hr
Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQHarding, San Miguel, Union13 hr
Apr 12, 2:42 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more30 hr
Apr 12, 3:22 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchABQ24 hr

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