Alert archive / New Mexico / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in New Mexico, 2020
15 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- February5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- October 25, 20203 winter storm 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 15, 9:59 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:24 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 18 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:00 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:40 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | Otero | 14 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:08 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:23 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:30 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | Otero | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:04 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:09 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:27 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 24, 3:56 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 25, 1:14 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 13 hr |
| Oct 25, 2:29 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | EPZ | Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra | 15 hr |
| Oct 25, 4:10 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Catron, Lincoln, Socorro | 12 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:17 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 4 more | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colfax County7
- Mora County7
- Rio Arriba County7
- San Miguel County7
- Santa Fe County7
- Taos County7
- Los Alamos County6
- Sandoval County6
- Lincoln County4
- San Juan County4
- Eddy County3
- Lea County3
- Catron County3
- McKinley County3
- Socorro County3
- Union County3
- Otero County3
- Bernalillo County2
- Chaves County2
- Cibola County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Harding County2
- Torrance County2
- Valencia County2
- Curry County1
- De Baca County1
- Quay County1
- Roosevelt County1
- Grant County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Luna County1
- Sierra 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.