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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 20, 2026Cibola County, McKinley County, San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this snow squall warning at Feb 20, 2026, 8:25 AM MST for Cibola County, McKinley County, San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2026, 8:25 AM MST (15:25 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2026, 9:00 AM MST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM, San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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 snow squall 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 snow squall warning went out at Feb 20, 5:05 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:05 AM MST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 7:39 AM MST, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 7:56 AM MST, 29 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
Feb 19, 7:47 PM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	19 hr
Feb 20, 8:10 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	35 min
Feb 20, 8:46 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	59 min
Feb 20, 8:59 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan	46 min
Feb 20, 9:45 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	45 min

Nearby

Snow Squall Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every snow squall warning in 2026

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.