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High Wind Watch 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at Mar 13, 2026, 11:34 AM MDT for 24 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 15, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2026, 11:34 AM MDT (17:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2026, 10:19 PM MDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
All 24 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, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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 Mar 13, 11:27 AM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:27 AM MDT, 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:22 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:22 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more | 36 hr |
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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.