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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2026, 2:05 AM MST for 18 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 7, 2026, 4:00 PM MST. It was in force for 50 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
- Jan 7, 2026, 2:05 AM MST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2026, 4:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2026, 6:13 PM MST
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 Jan 7, 1:54 AM MST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 1:54 AM MST, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 24 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:05 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Harding, Lincoln and 9 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 7, 12:10 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 27 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.