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Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 14, 20194 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2019, 4:24 AM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Dec 14, 2019, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 39 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 14, 2019, 4:24 AM MST (11:24 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2019, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 16, 2019, 9:01 AM MST
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Colfax County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Taos County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 3:29 AM MST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:29 AM MST, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:34 AM MST, 23 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
434 AM MST Fri Dec 13 2019

NMZ201>241-141200-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-
Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-
Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-
Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
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-
San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
434 AM MST Fri Dec 13 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Northwest winds will become breezy to windy. The strongest winds may
reach near 50 mph from the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
southward to eastern Lincoln County.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening, accumulating snow will
occur in the mountains north of I-40. Several inches to over a foot
of new snow will be possible with the heaviest amounts in the Tusas
Mountains. The potential exists for lighter snow amounts up to an
inch at lower elevations around Taos, Cuba, Farmington and Gallup
mainly as a Pacific cold front crosses late Sunday and Sunday night.
In addition, west and southwest winds will be breezy to windy through
the weekend, causing the snow to blow and drift in the mountains.
The high terrain of the central mountain chain may experience gusts
over 60 mph Saturday night into Sunday, when wind chill readings will
bottom out in the single digits and teens in the northern mountains.
Lower elevations should experience their strongest winds on Sunday,
when gusts may reach up to 55 mph along the east slopes of the
central mountain chain and onto the adjacent high plains.

.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
Dec 14, 4:24 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQColfax, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel and 3 more53 hr
Dec 14, 4:38 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchABQCatron, Chaves, Lincoln, Socorro17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2019Every winter storm warning in 2019

Sources

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