Alert archive / New Mexico / 2012
Weather alerts in New Mexico, October 2012
101 weather alerts in October 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest day
- October 12, 201238 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 27 min |
| Sep 30, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 7:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 8:41 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:21 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 10 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:21 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 23 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:50 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | 30 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:50 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 26 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:46 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 18 hr | |
| Oct 7, 9:55 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | 22 hr | |
| Oct 11, 11:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 52 min |
| Oct 12, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Otero | 50 min |
| Oct 12, 12:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 1:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 33 min |
| Oct 12, 1:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 44 min |
| Oct 12, 1:55 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 49 min |
| Oct 12, 1:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 min |
| Oct 12, 2:19 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt | 86 min |
| Oct 12, 2:32 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 2:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 3:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 59 min |
| Oct 12, 3:02 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 118 min |
| Oct 12, 3:18 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 57 min |
| Oct 12, 3:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 65 min |
| Oct 12, 4:05 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 14 hr | |
| Oct 12, 4:07 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 4:59 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 38 min |
| Oct 12, 5:33 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 117 min |
| Oct 12, 5:46 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 119 min |
| Oct 12, 10:49 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McKinley, San Juan | 86 min |
| Oct 12, 12:03 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 4 more | 87 min |
| Oct 12, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 1:43 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 7 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Taos | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 53 min |
| Oct 12, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| Oct 12, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 4:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Eddy, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt | 85 min |
| Oct 12, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 5:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| Oct 12, 5:22 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 24 min |
| Oct 12, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 58 min |
| Oct 12, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 7:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 54 min |
| Oct 12, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
| Oct 12, 7:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 7:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 80 min |
| Oct 12, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 35 min |
| Oct 12, 7:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 7:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 55 min |
| Oct 12, 8:19 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Harding, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt, Union | 56 min |
| Oct 12, 8:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 8:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 67 min |
| Oct 12, 8:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 25 min |
| Oct 12, 9:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 37 min |
| Oct 12, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Oct 12, 9:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 36 min |
| Oct 12, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 64 min |
| Oct 12, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 46 min |
| Oct 12, 10:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 10:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lea, Roosevelt | 86 min |
| Oct 12, 10:52 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Quay | 83 min |
| Oct 12, 10:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 47 min |
| Oct 12, 11:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 11:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 12:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 17 min |
| Oct 13, 12:51 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 2:56 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 15 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:15 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 15 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:41 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 10 hr | |
| Oct 17, 6:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | 11 hr | |
| Oct 23, 3:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 12 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:26 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Oct 23, 3:25 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 28 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:48 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 38 hr | |
| Oct 24, 3:17 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| Oct 24, 2:30 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 26 hr | |
| Oct 24, 2:30 PM MDT | Hard Freeze Watch | ABQ | 26 hr | |
| Oct 25, 4:02 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 17 hr | |
| Oct 25, 4:02 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | 17 hr | |
| Oct 25, 4:02 PM MDT | Hard Freeze Warning | ABQ | 17 hr | |
| Oct 26, 2:40 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 29 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:59 AM MDT | Hard Freeze Watch | ABQ | 5 hr | |
| Oct 26, 9:02 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | 24 hr | |
| Oct 26, 10:39 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 22 hr |
| Oct 26, 10:39 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 23 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 26 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Special Weather Statement | 24 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 6 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 5 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lea County22
- Eddy County15
- Chaves County14
- Union County10
- Curry County9
- Roosevelt County8
- San Miguel County8
- Santa Fe County8
- Quay County8
- Harding County6
- Otero County5
- Rio Arriba County5
- Mora County4
- Sandoval County4
- Taos County4
- De Baca County3
- Los Alamos County3
- Grant County3
- Luna County3
- Sierra County3
- Hidalgo County2
- Lincoln County1
- McKinley County1
- San Juan County1
- Bernalillo County1
- Torrance County1
- Valencia County1
- Colfax County1
- Doña Ana County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.