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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 7, 2013

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at Apr 7, 2013, 2:44 PM MDT. It took effect at Apr 8, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 7, 2013, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2013, 9:40 PM MDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind watch went out at Apr 7, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 5:54 AM MDT, 8 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
554 AM MDT SUN APR 7 2013

NMZ501>540-081200-
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-
554 AM MDT SUN APR 7 2013

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE.
OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO..VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED
IN BLOWING DUST. GUSTS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW
MEXICO MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CHANGE TO OVERNIGHT SNOW
OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS...WITH SIGNIFICANT SUMMIT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.

ON TUESDAY...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT TO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT
PLAINS...THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND THE SUMMITS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AS GUSTS REDEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN
PLAINS WITH BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TUESDAY NIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP WELL BELOW FREEZING OVER NORTHERN AND
WESTERN NEW MEXICO.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SHY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 3:42 PM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	ABQ		12 hr
Apr 7, 3:55 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more	28 hr

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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.