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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 18, 20259 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Apr 18, 2025, 2:59 AM MDT for 9 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 18, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 18, 2025, 2:59 AM MDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 18, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2025, 7:14 PM MDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Colfax County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 Apr 17, 5:30 PM MDT, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 5:30 PM MDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:29 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryABQLincoln46 min
Apr 18, 2:59 AM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 4 more51 hr
Apr 18, 2:27 PM MDTFreeze WatchABQBernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia12 hr
Apr 18, 4:16 PM MDTDust Storm AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln, Roosevelt2 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2025Every winter storm warning in 2025

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.