Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Dec 22, 2014, 4:40 AM MST. It took effect at Dec 22, 2014, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 22 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
- Dec 22, 2014, 4:40 AM MST (11:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2014, 6:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 4:25 AM MST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561 WWUS45 KABQ 221140 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM AND AN ASSOCIATED MOIST WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BRING INCREASED PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MOST PERSISTENT AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON THEN OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE EASTERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ513>515-221900- /O.UPG.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141222T1300Z-141223T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0008.141222T1300Z-141223T1200Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ523-529-221900- /O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0008.141223T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 AROUND LAS VEGAS AND INTERSTATE 40 AROUND CLINES CORNERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539-221900- /O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141223T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ON INTERSTATES 25 AND 40...HIGHWAYS 60...54...285...AND 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ527-221900- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141222T1300Z-141223T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 64 AND INTERSTATE 25 AT RATON PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ510>512-221900- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141222T1300Z-141223T1200Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 440 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 7 INCHES ON HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH TODAY AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER ELEVATION ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
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631 WWUS45 KABQ 221617 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM AND AN ASSOCIATED MOIST WEATHER DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BRING INCREASED PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND THE EASTERN PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MOST PERSISTENT AND OCCASIONALLY HEAVY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE RATON RIDGE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE EASTERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ527-222300- /O.UPG.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY 64 AND INTERSTATE 25 AT RATON PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ530-222300- /O.EXA.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ UNION COUNTY- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST UNION COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAYS 64 AND 87 BETWEEN DES MOINES AND CLAYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ513>515-222300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ523-529-222300- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.141223T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH DURING THE EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 AROUND LAS VEGAS AND INTERSTATE 40 AROUND CLINES CORNERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ510>512-222300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES ON HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH TODAY AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH TODAY. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER ELEVATION ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539-222300- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141223T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 917 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO ALL LOCATIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ON INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS 60...54...285...AND 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ 34
920 WWUS45 KABQ 222243 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING BEFORE EXPANDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ALONG THE RATON RIDGE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE EASTERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ513>515-527-530-230500- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- UNION COUNTY- 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE RATON RIDGE...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN UNION COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN DES MOINES AND CLAYTON...AS WELL AS BETWEEN EAGLE NEST AND CIMARRON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ523-529-230500- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.141223T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...GENERALLY TAPERING OFF BEFORE SNOW COMMENCES. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 AROUND LAS VEGAS AND INTERSTATE 40 AROUND CLINES CORNERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ516-230500- /O.EXA.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS BY THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES FALL OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539-230500- /O.EXT.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.141222T2243Z-141223T1500Z/ ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE SURFACE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ON INTERSTATE 40... HIGHWAYS 60...54...285...AND 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ NMZ510>512-230500- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 343 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES ON HIGHER PEAKS AND RIDGES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE SURFACE BY THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED... ESPECIALLY ON HIGHER ELEVATION ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$ 34
278 WWUS45 KABQ 230455 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 955 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE EXPANDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ALONG RATON MESA. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AND EXIT THE EASTERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NMZ513>515-527-530-231200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- UNION COUNTY- 955 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND RATON MESA...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS WESTERN UNION COUNTY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN DES MOINES AND CLAYTON...AS WELL AS BETWEEN EAGLE NEST AND CIMARRON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ523-529-231200- /O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 955 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...GENERALLY TAPERING OFF BEFORE SNOW COMMENCES. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 AROUND LAS VEGAS AND INTERSTATE 40 AROUND CLINES CORNERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NMZ510>512-516-231200- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 955 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS BY THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. SLICK AND ICY ROADS ARE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES FALL OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. && $$ NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539-231200- /O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 955 PM MST MON DEC 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS BY THIS EVENING. * LOCAL IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED ON INTERSTATE 40... HIGHWAYS 60...54...285...AND 70. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. && $$
957 WWUS45 KABQ 231125 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 425 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 NMZ513>515-527-530-231230- /O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- UNION COUNTY- 425 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING HOWEVER THE MAIN PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS HAS ENDED. $$ NMZ523-529-231230- /O.CAN.KABQ.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 425 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING HOWEVER THE MAIN PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS HAS ENDED. $$ NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539-231230- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1500Z/ ESTANCIA VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY- GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- DE BACA COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- 425 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING HOWEVER THE MAIN PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS HAS ENDED. $$ NMZ510>512-516-231230- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141223T1200Z/ SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 425 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING HOWEVER THE MAIN PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND ASSOCIATED IMPACTS HAS ENDED. $$
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 Dec 22, 3:49 AM MST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 3:49 AM MST, 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 349 AM MST MON DEC 22 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AND DELIVER THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE. SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL SHIFT SOUTH TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM WITH MANY AREAS EXPERIENCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL SEE GUSTS TO NEAR 65 MPH AT TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION BEFORE A SLIGHT WARMING TREND DEVELOPS CHRISTMAS DAY. ANOTHER COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL SETTLE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FORECAST CONTINUES TO PRESENT ITSELF AS THE STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE ROCKIES TRENDS STRONGER BY THE HOUR. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND UPPER LEVEL SATELLITE DERIVED WINDS SHOW A POWERFUL JET STREAM NOSING INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE. WINDS ARE ALREADY INCREASING THIS MORNING...AND THE 00Z/06Z GFS SOLUTION CONTINUES TO SHOW A 70 KNOT 700-500MB JET AXIS SHIFTING SOUTH OVER THE AREA TODAY. WILL UPGRADE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WARNING AND EXPAND INTO A COUPLE NEARBY ZONES. ALSO WILL HOIST WIND ADVISORY FOR A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FOCUS WILL THEN TRANSITION FROM WINDS TO SNOW AND SOME BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING. ACTUALLY WEST SLOPE AREAS WITHIN THE SANGRES ARE ALREADY ACCUMULATING SNOW AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. STRONG AND VERY MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW WITH POTENT COLD ADVECTION WILL SLAM THE WEST SLOPES AND HIGH PEAKS OF THE SANGRES THROUGH TONIGHT SO WILL UPGRADE ADVISORY TO WARNING FOR HIGH SANGRES AND EAST SLOPE. THE MAIN FOCUS AREA FOR SNOW WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IN THE EAST WITH CONFLICTING GUIDANCE OFFERED FROM THE HIGHER RESOLUTION LOCAL WRF...SPC WRF...AND TTU WRF SOLUTIONS. THE GFS/CANADIAN/AND ECMWF SOLUTION SHOW A STRONGER UPSLOPE/EASTERLY COMPONENT WITH A DEEPER STORM UPPER STORM SYSTEM AND WIDESPREAD SNOW. BASED ON THE OVERALL TRENDS OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES AND WPC FELT MORE CONFIDENT ON A WINTER STORM WARNING SCENARIO FOR THE AREA ALONG I-25 NEAR LAS VEGAS SOUTH TO I-40 AT CLINES CORNERS AS WELL...WITH ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST. WHILE SOME AREAS MAY NOT ACCUMULATE ADVISORY/WARNING LEVEL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...THIS WILL BE A HIGH IMPACT EVENT WITH BITTERLY COLD AIR... WIND...SNOW...AND HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN THE MIX. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO LINGER ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND SOUTHEAST NM UNTIL LATE MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND THE UPPER LEVEL FORCING MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. WAS NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ADD THE CHAVES COUNTY AREA BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE CHANGES TO MAKE. BEYOND TUESDAY...A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD OUTBREAK PRESSES SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GUYER && .FIRE WEATHER... VERY STRONG NW TO SE ORIENTED JET STREAM COMING INTO AND ACROSS NM THROUGH ROUGHLY THE NEXT 20 TO 30 HOUR PERIOD AND TRENDING TOWARD MORE NORTHERLY AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW PATTERN BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED. UPPER LVL JET TO REACH IN EXCESS OF 130 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NW INTO CENTRAL NM FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THIS PERIOD. AS OF EARLY THIS MON MORN IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST BAND OF WINDS NEAR AND A FEW THOUSAND FEET EITHER SIDE OF MTN TOP LEVEL SHOULD STRETCH APPROX FROM THE NW PLATEAU INTO THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE SANDIAS AND NORTHERN MANZANOS...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH SIGNIFICANTLY LATER TONIGHT AND WEAKENING A BIT. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL CATEGORY WIND SPEEDS FOR MUCH OF THE FCST AREA FROM LATE THIS MORN INTO EARLY EVE...THOUGH POCKETS OF SAME ALREADY IN EVIDENCE PREDAWN ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LOCALES JUST TO THE LEE OF CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. PEAK GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS THE 55 TO 65 MPH RANGE NEAR...A LITTLE WAYS NORTH...SOUTH AND EAST FROM THE SANDIA MTNS. FORTUNATELY MINIMUM RH LVLS TO REMAIN SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS SUCH THAT NO OVERALL CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE NEXT 5 TO 7 DAYS. MOISTURE LOOKS A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD AND A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ACROSS MAINLY THE NE HALF OF THE STATE THAN WHAT LOOKED TO BE THE CASE A DAY OR TWO AGO. AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND TO A SOMEWHAT LESSER DEGREE THE NW MTNS...LOOK TO SEE THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOW OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW QUICKLY CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES MAY FALL IN GOOD PART OF THIS AREA...EVEN UPWARDS TO NEARLY 10 INCHES MAYBE IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF QUICKLY TUE. FOR THE MOST PART TEMPS TODAY TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL BUT WILL AVERAGE AROUND 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY TUE...ESPECIALLY NE AND E CENTRAL NM...AS THE UPPER RIDGE TO THE WEST BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN...NUDGING THE UPPER JET EASTWARD AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO NEW MEXICO. DEW POINTS STILL TRENDING DOWN QUITE A BIT TUE AND ESPECIALLY TUE NIGHT...RESULTING IN OVERNIGHT LOWS REALLY BOTTOMING OUT AS MUCH AS ROUGHLY 15 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MTS. WINDS MAY SUBSIDE WED UNDER A MUCH MORE MODEST AND DRY NW FLOW...BUT MAY INCREASE SOME CHRISTMAS DAY...THOUGH NOT NEARLY AS MUCH AS THIS NEXT 24 HRS...AS ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH SWINGS OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. THE TROUGH WILL FORCE ANOTHER COLD FRONT INTO NEW MEXICO BY FRIDAY...AND DROP HIGHS BACK BELOW AVERAGE BY 5 TO 15 DEGREES. AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...BUT LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN ANY OF THE DETAILS. VENT RATES WILL BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT MOST LOCALES MON AND TUE THEN SHARPLY DROP OFF TO MAINLY POOR TO LOCALLY FAIR WED. RATES COME UP SUBSTANTIALLY THU...DROP SOME ESPEC N FRI...THEN FALL FURTHER OR FRI AND SAT. 43 && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF CYCLE STRENGTHENING NW FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN EAST TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INCLUDING KCQC. WINDS WILL PEAK MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 60KT POSSIBLE ALONG PEAKS/RIDGE OF CENTRAL MT CHAIN EAST TO CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. WDLY SCT -SN WITH MVFR CIGS OBSCURING MTS POSSIBLE ALONG WEST FACING SLOPES OF NRN MOUNTAINS. 135-145KT JET MOVES OVER NW NM AFTER 00Z TUESDAY WITH STRONG TO VERY STRONG NWLY SFC WINDS CONTINUING AT MOST TAF SITES MONDAY EVENING. 33 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 47 24 36 14 / 10 10 5 0 DULCE........................... 41 13 30 2 / 30 30 5 0 CUBA............................ 41 16 29 3 / 30 60 10 0 GALLUP.......................... 48 21 34 10 / 0 10 5 0 EL MORRO........................ 44 19 32 11 / 0 10 5 0 GRANTS.......................... 48 20 33 9 / 0 10 5 0 QUEMADO......................... 48 21 34 13 / 0 10 5 0 GLENWOOD........................ 61 29 44 21 / 0 5 5 0 CHAMA........................... 37 8 25 -6 / 50 50 10 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 42 18 30 11 / 20 30 20 0 PECOS........................... 43 18 28 11 / 20 70 30 0 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 36 9 23 -5 / 50 50 20 0 RED RIVER....................... 30 2 18 -5 / 60 70 20 0 ANGEL FIRE...................... 36 6 23 -8 / 50 70 20 5 TAOS............................ 40 13 27 -2 / 40 40 20 0 MORA............................ 42 14 26 7 / 30 60 30 0 ESPANOLA........................ 46 21 34 10 / 10 30 20 0 SANTA FE........................ 42 18 28 12 / 10 40 20 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 49 22 32 14 / 10 30 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 52 23 35 17 / 5 20 10 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 54 27 37 20 / 0 20 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 56 26 39 17 / 0 10 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 54 27 38 20 / 0 10 5 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 57 28 40 18 / 0 10 5 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 53 27 37 21 / 5 20 5 0 SOCORRO......................... 60 31 42 21 / 0 10 5 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 47 21 31 15 / 10 30 10 0 TIJERAS......................... 50 23 34 17 / 5 30 10 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 49 22 31 15 / 10 50 20 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 46 20 29 14 / 10 70 30 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 51 25 32 18 / 5 50 20 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 55 28 37 19 / 0 50 20 0 RUIDOSO......................... 52 24 31 20 / 0 70 20 0 CAPULIN......................... 41 14 26 9 / 40 60 5 5 RATON........................... 46 17 30 7 / 30 60 10 5 SPRINGER........................ 49 19 32 10 / 20 60 10 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 49 17 29 10 / 20 60 20 0 CLAYTON......................... 46 22 32 18 / 30 50 5 0 ROY............................. 49 21 32 16 / 20 70 10 0 CONCHAS......................... 54 25 37 17 / 10 60 10 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 56 26 36 19 / 5 70 20 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 54 25 37 17 / 5 70 5 0 CLOVIS.......................... 56 25 37 20 / 5 70 20 0 PORTALES........................ 58 27 38 20 / 0 70 20 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 59 27 38 20 / 0 70 20 0 ROSWELL......................... 66 31 41 21 / 0 60 30 0 PICACHO......................... 61 28 36 21 / 0 60 30 0 ELK............................. 58 27 33 20 / 0 60 30 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ501-503-504-506>508-518>520-525-526-529-537-540. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ522-524-526-528-531>537-539. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ521>524-533-539. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ513>515. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ510>512-527. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ523-529. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 5:50 AM MST, 22 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 550 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 NMZ501>540-221300- 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- 550 AM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AREAS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40 AROUND CLINES CORNERS. SPEEDS SHOULD WEAKEN SOME DURING THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD MONDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. GUSTS MAY PEAK AROUND 60 MPH IN THE CLINES CORNERS AREA. MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS. AN EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IN THE MORNING. CHRISTMAS DAY...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF NEW MEXICO WILL CAUSE WINDS ALOFT TO STRENGTHEN AND A SHARP SURFACE TROUGH TO DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. WEST WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND ALSO ALONG INTERSTATE 40 ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL 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. 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 4:06 AM MST | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| Dec 22, 4:06 AM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 24 hr | |
| Dec 22, 2:49 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| Dec 22, 2:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 31 min |
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