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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
945 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
NMC001-006-201730-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0005.260220T1645Z-260220T1730Z/
BERNALILLO NM-CIBOLA NM-
945 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 1030 AM MST.
* AT 945 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCARTYS,
OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANTS, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAGUNA PUEBLO, NEW LAGUNA, CUBERO, CEBOLLETITA, MESITA, SAN FIDEL,
SKYLINE-GANIPA, MCCARTYS, ENCINAL AND PARAJE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND 127.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3503 10786 3524 10766 3521 10705 3496 10717
3496 10720 3489 10720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 276DEG 37KT 3508 10776
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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