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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 12, 20256 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Mar 12, 2025, 2:06 PM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 13, 2025, 9:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 21 hr. 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 12, 2025, 2:06 PM MDT (20:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2025, 9:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

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), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 winter 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 12, 11:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 11:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 44 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 12, 3:08 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 12 more	33 hr
Mar 12, 3:13 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	11 hr
Mar 12, 3:46 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more	40 hr
Mar 12, 1:21 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 13 more	53 hr
Mar 12, 1:56 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	25 hr
Mar 12, 2:06 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 5 more	39 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.