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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 12, 202319 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at Feb 12, 2023, 1:30 AM MST for 19 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 13, 2023, 9:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2023, 1:30 AM MST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2023, 9:00 PM MST
Expired
Feb 13, 2023, 1:42 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Chaves County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 11, 10:23 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:23 PM MST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 1:57 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningABQColfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 3 more41 hr
Feb 12, 1:57 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQColfax, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan, Taos13 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.