Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2022
61 high wind watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 61
- Busiest month
- April13 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- October 22, 20223 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 3, 1:16 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:12 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 10 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:25 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:04 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:12 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Union | 13 hr |
| Jan 16, 12:07 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:11 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 49 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:48 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 43 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:09 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Catron, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra | 15 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:02 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:03 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:49 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:24 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:53 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 35 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:41 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:51 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:57 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:34 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:27 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 36 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:58 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:38 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 1:20 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 36 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:33 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and 14 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:16 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:43 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 10 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:37 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 34 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:39 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:24 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 23 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:11 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 16 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:43 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 26 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:22 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 1 more | 11 hr |
| May 7, 1:45 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| May 7, 1:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 12 more | 13 hr |
| May 28, 2:15 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| May 31, 2:44 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia | 22 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:36 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia | 20 hr |
| Oct 22, 1:18 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:50 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Lincoln, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:42 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 10 hr |
| Oct 25, 12:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 38 hr |
| Nov 2, 1:35 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:36 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Taos, Union | 11 hr |
| Nov 12, 12:05 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:08 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:47 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe and 12 more | 27 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:31 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 14 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:46 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 13 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:28 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel, Taos, Union | 20 hr |
| Dec 1, 2:06 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 12 hr |
| Dec 3, 11:58 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:14 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:11 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln, San Miguel, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:46 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 22 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:39 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 36 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:53 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:13 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:54 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, San Miguel, Taos | 11 hr |
| Dec 29, 12:43 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:34 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eddy County32
- San Miguel County15
- Colfax County13
- Mora County13
- Taos County13
- Torrance County11
- Rio Arriba County10
- Santa Fe County10
- Union County10
- Lincoln County10
- Valencia County9
- Otero County8
- Socorro County7
- Quay County7
- Cibola County7
- Sandoval County7
- Catron County6
- Chaves County6
- Bernalillo County6
- Harding County5
- Guadalupe County5
- McKinley County5
- Grant County3
- Luna County3
- Sierra County3
- Curry County3
- De Baca County3
- Roosevelt County3
- San Juan County3
- Doña Ana County2
- Hidalgo County2
- Lea County2
- Los Alamos County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
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