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High Wind Watch 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 13, 20255 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at May 13, 2025, 3:58 AM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 14, 2025, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2025, 3:58 AM MDT (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2025, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 13, 2025, 3:14 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 May 13, 3:31 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:31 AM MDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 3:09 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 16 more30 hr
May 13, 3:14 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningABQChaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance29 hr
May 13, 3:14 PM MDTWind AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 11 more29 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.