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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

February 16, 20266 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2026, 11:53 AM MST for 6 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 17, 2026, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 15 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: Feb 16, 2026, 11:53 AM MST (18:53 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2026, 2:00 AM MST
Expired: Feb 17, 2026, 4:59 PM MST
In force: 15 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 18:53 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 Feb 15, 4:21 PM MST, 19 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:21 PM MST, 19 hours 32 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 16, 12:01 AM MST	Winter Storm Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos	12 hr
Feb 16, 1:49 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Harding, Mora, Quay and 3 more	41 hr
Feb 16, 11:33 AM MST	High Wind Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 11 more	32 hr
Feb 16, 11:33 AM MST	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley and 7 more	32 hr
Feb 16, 11:53 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	29 hr
Feb 16, 12:23 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 10 more	39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every winter storm 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.