Alert archive / New Mexico / Snow Squall Warnings in 2021
Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this snow squall warning at Dec 15, 2021, 6:34 AM MST for 6 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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, 6:34 AM MST (13:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 7:00 AM MST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 6:36 AM MST | HIGH SUST WINDS 48 | 6 Ne Las Vegas, NM | KLVS ASOS. |
| Dec 15, 6:36 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 6 Ne Las Vegas, NM | KLVS ASOS. |
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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
666
WWUS55 KABQ 151334
SQWABQ
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
634 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
NMC007-033-039-047-049-055-151400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0007.211215T1334Z-211215T1400Z/
Taos-San Miguel-Rio Arriba-Santa Fe-Mora-Colfax-
634 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Snow Squall Warning for...
Southeastern Taos County in north central New Mexico...
Northwestern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
Southeastern Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico...
Northeastern Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...
Western Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...
Southwestern Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico...
* Until 700 AM MST.
* At 633 AM MST, a dangerous snow squall with thunder was located
along a line extending from near Talpa to near Glorieta, moving
east at 55 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...
Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 350 and 354.
Highway 64 near Mile Marker 257, and between Mile Markers 260 and
269.
Locations impacted include...
Taos, Mora, Angel Fire, Canada De Los Alamos, Cleveland, Penasco,
Ranchos De Taos, Coyote Creek State Park, Morphy Lake State Park and
Gascon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Avoid or delay travel until the snow squall passes your location. If
you must travel, use extra caution and allow extra time. Rapid
changes in visibility and slick road conditions may lead to
accidents.
&&
LAT...LON 3642 10502 3565 10514 3558 10588 3636 10566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 255DEG 49KT 3630 10565 3565 10581
$$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, 5:32 AM MST | Snow Squall Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos | 28 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, 6:35 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.