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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 4, 2022Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this dust storm warning at Mar 4, 2022, 4:52 PM MST for Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2022, 4:52 PM MST (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 2022, 5:45 PM MST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 dust 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 dust storm warning went out at Mar 4, 4:43 PM MST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 4:43 PM MST, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 4, 2:59 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 4, 4:37 PM MST, 15 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
Mar 4, 3:16 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	32 hr
Mar 4, 3:34 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	24 hr
Mar 4, 12:32 PM MST	High Wind Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	13 hr
Mar 4, 4:02 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	58 min
Mar 4, 4:18 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	57 min

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2022 Every dust storm warning in 2022

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.