Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2020
32 high wind watches in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 32
- Busiest month
- March7 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20202 high wind watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 12:48 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:50 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 14 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:39 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:43 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 23 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:58 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Sandoval and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 26 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:25 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:49 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 37 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:20 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:02 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:51 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 36 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:27 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Mora and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:40 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Mar 25, 3:18 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Lincoln, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 29, 12:56 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:52 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:47 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 38 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:45 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 13 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:35 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 13 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:13 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Curry, Harding, Quay, Sandoval and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 6, 2:08 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 1 more | 13 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:48 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 37 hr |
| Nov 12, 1:48 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Rio Arriba and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 13, 2:49 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:47 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:22 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:45 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Lea | 10 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:20 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eddy County22
- San Miguel County6
- Santa Fe County6
- Torrance County6
- Sandoval County5
- Valencia County5
- Bernalillo County4
- Colfax County4
- Mora County4
- Union County4
- Lincoln County3
- Harding County3
- Cibola County2
- Socorro County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Quay County2
- Rio Arriba County2
- Taos County2
- Doña Ana County1
- Grant County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Luna County1
- Otero County1
- Sierra County1
- Catron County1
- Chaves County1
- McKinley County1
- Curry County1
- Lea County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.