Alert archive / New Mexico / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2023
50 high wind watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 50
- Busiest month
- February17 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 9, 20233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:27 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 16 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:43 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 34 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Otero | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:43 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 12:45 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:23 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 25 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:44 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Catron, Chaves, Lincoln, Socorro | 23 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:01 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:33 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:59 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:36 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:24 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:30 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 13 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:07 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:58 PM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:01 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:52 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:53 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:37 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 14 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:02 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:44 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 27 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:15 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:29 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 14 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:37 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:30 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 35 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:53 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 35 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM MST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 22 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:18 PM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:27 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:05 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 13 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:45 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:16 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 2:10 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:38 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:40 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 10 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:53 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:10 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 12 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:42 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 9 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:54 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:07 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:05 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 25 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:47 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 32 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:53 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 20 hr |
| May 11, 3:46 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia | 19 hr |
| Oct 10, 1:12 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 23 hr |
| Oct 10, 1:41 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:56 AM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:45 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:33 AM MST | High Wind Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 12 hr |
| Dec 6, 12:31 PM MST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Eddy County25
- Colfax County12
- Mora County12
- San Miguel County12
- Torrance County12
- Santa Fe County11
- Guadalupe County10
- Lincoln County10
- Valencia County10
- Otero County9
- Bernalillo County9
- Chaves County9
- Quay County9
- Sandoval County9
- De Baca County8
- Harding County8
- Grant County8
- Luna County8
- Sierra County8
- Socorro County8
- Curry County7
- Roosevelt County7
- Hidalgo County7
- Catron County7
- Cibola County7
- Union County7
- Doña Ana County5
- Rio Arriba County4
- Taos County4
- Lea County4
- McKinley County3
- San Juan County2
- Los Alamos 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.