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High Wind Watch 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 2, 202414 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at Feb 2, 2024, 3:13 AM MST for 14 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 3, 2024, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2024, 3:13 AM MST (10:13 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 3, 2024, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 3, 2024, 2:35 AM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Chaves County, NM, Cibola County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, McKinley 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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 1, 10:46 PM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 10:46 PM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 3:44 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 1 more49 hr
Feb 2, 2:19 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, De Baca, Guadalupe and 8 more39 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.