Alert archive / New Mexico / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this snow squall warning at Dec 15, 2021, 5:32 AM MST for 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2021, 5:32 AM MST (12:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 6:00 AM MST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 6:00 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Jemez Springs, NM | HIGHWAY 4 CLOSED IN SANDOVAL COUNTY DUE TO FALLEN TREES AROUND JEMEZ SPRINGS AND VALLES CALDERA NATIONAL PRESERVE. A COUPLE PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED TO UNM HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 663 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
803
WWUS55 KABQ 151232
SQWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
532 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
NMC028-039-043-049-055-151300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0005.211215T1232Z-211215T1300Z/
Taos-Los Alamos-Rio Arriba-Sandoval-Santa Fe-
532 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Northwestern Taos County in north central New Mexico...
Los Alamos County in north central New Mexico...
Central Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico...
Northeastern Sandoval County in north central New Mexico...
Northwestern Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...
* Until 600 AM MST.
* At 530 AM MST, a powerful cold front continued to produce isolated
thunderstorms with heavy snow and blowing snow along a line
extending from near Chama to 9 miles northwest of Youngsville to
13 miles southeast of Torreon Navajo Mission, moving east at 50
mph.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Wind gusts greater than 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes the following highways...
Highway 285 between Mile Markers 337 and 343, between Mile Markers
349 and 356, and between Mile Markers 375 and 408.
Highway 550 between Mile Markers 37 and 42.
Highway 64 between Mile Markers 160 and 226.
Locations impacted include...
Los Alamos, Chama, Tierra Amarilla, Jemez Springs, Canon Plaza,
Vallecitos, Tres Piedras, Youngsville, El Rito and Ensenada.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and turn on headlights! The visibility will suddenly drop
to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 10591 3581 10625 3563 10698 3628 10667
3692 10661 3700 10642 3700 10587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 248DEG 55KT 3685 10663 3628 10668 3570 10696
$$1 follow-up statement
859
WWUS55 KABQ 151249
SQWABQ
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
549 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
NMC028-039-043-049-055-151300-
/O.CON.KABQ.SQ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211215T1300Z/
Taos-Los Alamos-Rio Arriba-Sandoval-Santa Fe-
549 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM MST FOR
NORTHWESTERN TAOS...LOS ALAMOS...CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA...NORTHEASTERN
SANDOVAL AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES...
At 548 AM MST, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line
extending from near Chama to 8 miles north of Youngsville to 9 miles
west of Jemez Springs, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Extremely poor visibility in heavy snow.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
This includes the following highways...
Highway 285 between Mile Markers 337 and 343, between Mile Markers
349 and 356, and between Mile Markers 375 and 408.
Highway 550 between Mile Markers 37 and 42.
Highway 64 between Mile Markers 160 and 226.
Locations impacted include...
Los Alamos, Chama, Tierra Amarilla, Jemez Springs, Canon Plaza,
Vallecitos, Tres Piedras, Youngsville, El Rito and Ensenada.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Slow down and turn on headlights! The visibility will suddenly drop
to near zero in whiteout conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 10591 3581 10625 3563 10698 3628 10667
3692 10661 3700 10642 3700 10587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 248DEG 55KT 3688 10652 3631 10657 3573 10685
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 5:03 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 27 min |
| Dec 15, 6:03 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more | 27 min |
| Dec 15, 6:34 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 26 min |
| Dec 15, 6:35 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 25 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.