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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 18, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm watch at Feb 18, 2012, 3:29 PM MST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2012, 3:29 PM MST (22:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 19, 2012, 4:49 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Feb 18, 3:11 PM MST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 3:11 PM MST, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 5:26 AM MST, 10 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
526 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2012

NMZ501>540-191300-
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-
526 AM MST SAT FEB 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS MONDAY. THE FOCUS FOR MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE OVER THE JEMEZ AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. IN ADDITION...
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GUYER

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Sources

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