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Freeze Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 12, 2014

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this freeze warning at May 12, 2014, 3:54 AM MDT. It took effect at May 12, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2014, 3:54 AM MDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired
May 13, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at May 12, 3:28 AM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:28 AM MDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:15 AM MDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
515 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

NMZ501>540-121200-
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-
515 AM MDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AS AN UNUSUALLY COLD UPPER LOW MOVES EAST ALONG THE COLORADO
BORDER TODAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. SCATTERED RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP PRIMARILY NEAR THE COLORADO
BORDER THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SECONDARY BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED RAIN AND
SNOW SHOWERS...ABOVE ABOUT 6500 FEET...MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...SOUTH TO THE SANDIA
AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY ABOVE ABOUT 7500
FEET ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 9:14 PM MDTWind AdvisoryABQ7 hr
May 12, 3:54 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQ38 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every freeze warning in 2014

Sources

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