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Winter Storm Warning 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 8, 2013

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Feb 8, 2013, 3:06 PM MST. It took effect at Feb 9, 2013, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2013, 3:06 PM MST (22:06 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2013, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 12, 2013, 11:17 AM MST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 warning went out at Feb 8, 2:47 PM MST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 2:47 PM MST, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 6:11 AM MST, 8 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
611 AM MST FRI FEB 8 2013

NMZ501>540-091300-
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-
611 AM MST FRI FEB 8 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST SATURDAY TO 6 PM
MST SATURDAY FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THE FIRST SYSTEM THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS WHILE STRONG TO HIGH WINDS RAKE AREAS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 SATURDAY. THESE WINDS
COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. COLDER AIR WILL ALSO INVADE THE
STATE WITH HIGHS BY SUNDAY UP TO 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE FOR MID
FEBRUARY. A SECOND SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE STATE EARLY NEXT
WEEK PRODUCING A POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS ACROSS MUCH OF
WESTERN...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO.

A THIRD STORM COULD BRING MORE SNOW AND COLD AIR LATE NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 8, 11:26 AM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 3:16 AM MSTRed Flag WarningABQ39 hr
Feb 8, 3:41 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchABQ17 hr
Feb 8, 3:06 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQ4 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013

Sources

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