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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 20, 2020Rio Arriba County, Taos County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this freeze warning at May 20, 2020, 4:51 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, Taos County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 21, 2020, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 20, 2020, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2020, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 21, 2020, 9:00 AM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, Taos County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 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 19, 5:32 PM MDT, 23 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:32 PM MDT, 23 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	22 min
May 19, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	24 min
May 19, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	18 min
May 19, 6:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	17 min
May 20, 2:22 AM MDT	Freeze Watch	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	14 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.