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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

January 15, 202012 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Jan 15, 2020, 2:37 PM MST for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 16, 2020, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 36 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: Jan 15, 2020, 2:37 PM MST (21:37 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2020, 5:00 AM MST
Expired: Jan 17, 2020, 5:00 PM MST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 Jan 14, 4:28 PM MST, 22 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 4:28 PM MST, 22 hours 9 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
Jan 15, 9:59 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 2 more	5 hr
Jan 15, 2:37 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 16 more	43 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2020 Every winter storm warning in 2020

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.