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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 7, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at May 7, 2012, 4:56 AM MDT. It took effect at May 7, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2012, 4:56 AM MDT (10:56 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 8, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

535 
WWUS75 KABQ 071056
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
456 AM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...STRONG EAST CANYON WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.EAST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS
MORNING AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SINKS SLOWLY SOUTHWARD
THROUGH WESTERN ARIZONA AND A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS
SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. BELOW CANYONS
OPENING INTO THE VALLEY FROM THE EAST...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES THIS MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS MAY WEAKEN FOR
A TIME THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THEY SHOULD STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS BLOW
WESTWARD FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO REACHES ITS PEAK.

NMZ519-071800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.120507T1200Z-120508T1600Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
456 AM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE
  ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...LOS LUNAS AND BELEN.

* WINDS...EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BELOW
  CANYONS. ELSEWHERE...EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH 15 TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EAST CANYON WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING...BEFORE
  WEAKENING SOME DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN
  RESTRENGTHEN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH PERSISTENT STRONG
  WIND GUSTS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BECOME MORE
  SPORADIC TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKEN BELOW HAZARDOUS
  THRESHOLDS BY MID DAY TUESDAY.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL IMPACT NORTH TO SOUTH
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING AREAS OF I-25 SOUTH OF BERNALILLO TO
  BELEN AND TRAMWAY BOULEVARD IN EASTERN ALBUQUERQUE. 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.

&&

$$

44/05
3 follow-up statements
636 
WWUS75 KABQ 071801
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1201 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...STRONG EAST CANYON WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.EAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING IN THE LOWER VALLEY AND
ALSO INTO THE UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SINK
SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN ARIZONA AN AREA OF SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL SAG INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL CREATE
STRENGTHENING WINDS DOWNWIND OF GAPS AND CANYONS WITHIN THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THE GUSTY WINDS MAY WEAKEN FOR A TIME THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT THEY SHOULD STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS BLOW WESTWARD
FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. THE EASTERLY
WINDS WILL PERIODICALLY REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN SPEED SOME BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY.

NMZ520-525-080200-
/O.EXB.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.120507T2200Z-120508T1600Z/
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
1201 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM MDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
MDT TUESDAY. 

* LOCATION...THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE SOCORRO
  AREA AND THE UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY INCLUDING CARRIZOZO. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO 50 AND 55 MPH BELOW CANYONS. ELSEWHERE...EAST AND
  SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EAST CANYON WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  WITH PERSISTENT STRONG WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS
  WILL BECOME MORE SPORADIC TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKEN BELOW
  HAZARDOUS THRESHOLDS BY LATE MORNING.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL IMPACT NORTH TO SOUTH
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING AREAS OF I-25 SOUTH OF BELEN. 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.

&&

$$

NMZ519-080200-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120508T1600Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
1201 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE 
  ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...LOS LUNAS AND BELEN. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
  GUSTS TO 50 AND 55 MPH BELOW CANYONS. ELSEWHERE...EAST AND
  SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REACH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...EAST CANYON WINDS WILL WEAKEN SOME DURING THE MID
  AFTERNOON...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN RESTRENGTHEN DURING THE
  LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH PERSISTENT STRONG WINDS
  THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BECOME MORE SPORADIC
  TUESDAY MORNING...THEN WEAKEN BELOW HAZARDOUS THRESHOLDS BY LATE
  MORNING TUESDAY.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL IMPACT NORTH TO SOUTH 
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING AREAS OF I-25 SOUTH OF BERNALILLO 
  TO BELEN AND TRAMWAY BOULEVARD IN EASTERN ALBUQUERQUE. 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.

&&

$$

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374 
WWUS75 KABQ 080145
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
745 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN GAPS
OVERNIGHT...

.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT
COMBINED WITH LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE BOOT HEEL WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE GUSTY EAST WINDS THROUGH CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN GAPS
OVERNIGHT...WITH GUSTS SPREADING WESTWARD OVER THE ADJACENT RIVER
VALLEYS. EXPECT SPEEDS TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT
BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING.

NMZ519-520-525-081100-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120508T1600Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
745 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
  VALLEY INCLUDING THE SOCORRO AREA AND THE UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY
  INCLUDING CARRIZOZO.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM THE EAST TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH BELOW CANYONS. ELSEWHERE... EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS TO
  30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* TIMING...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS
  BECOME LESS FREQUENT TUESDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE
  BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING TO EASE THESE HAZARDOUS WIND CONDITIONS.

* VISIBILITY...LOCALLY REDUCED IN DUST PRONE LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL IMPACT NORTH TO SOUTH 
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING AREAS OF I-25 SOUTH OF BELEN. 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.

&&

$$

SHY
063 
WWUS75 KABQ 081025
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
425 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...GUSTY EAST CANYON WIND PERSISTING UNTIL MID MORNING IN
THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...

.THE STRONG EAST CANYON WIND WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH MID
MORNING AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SINKS SOUTHWARD THROUGH
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN
WESTERN ARIZONA GRADUALLY SHIFTS TOWARD THE UPPER BAJA PENINSULA.
EAST WIND GUSTS MAY OCCASIONALLY REACH 45 MPH BELOW CANYONS IN THE
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY UNTIL THEN. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
HAZARDOUS THRESHOLDS IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND UPPER
TULAROSA VALLEY...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THESE
TWO LOCATIONS.

NMZ520-525-081130-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120508T1600Z/
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
425 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW HAZARDOUS THRESHOLDS...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY. HOWEVER...EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW
AT SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BELOW CANYONS
OPENING INTO THE VALLEYS FROM THE EAST THROUGH MID MORNING.

$$

NMZ519-081600-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-120508T1600Z/
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
425 AM MDT TUE MAY 8 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

* LOCATION...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE
  ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA.

* WINDS...EAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH BELOW
  CANYONS. ELSEWHERE...EAST AND SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 30 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONG EAST CANYON WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN
  THROUGH MID MORNING. UNTIL THEN...WIND GUSTS MAY OCCASIONALLY
  REACH HAZARDOUS THRESHOLDS. ALTHOUGH WEAKER...GUSTY EAST CANYON
  WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITY...NO RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL IMPACT NORTH TO SOUTH
  ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING I-25 IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA.
  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.

&&

$$

44/01

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe26 min
May 6, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel48 min
May 6, 8:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora34 min
May 6, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel51 min
May 6, 9:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel43 min
May 6, 10:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding48 min
May 7, 11:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley41 min
May 7, 12:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ48 min
May 7, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ68 min
May 7, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ51 min
May 7, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves45 min
May 7, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval44 min
May 7, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves35 min
May 7, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves37 min
May 7, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves46 min
May 7, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves45 min
May 7, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves40 min
May 7, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves38 min
May 7, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves26 min

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Sources

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