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WWUS85 KABQ 252158
SPSABQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
358 PM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026
NMZ214-216-217-252230-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS NM-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NM-
ESPANOLA VALLEY NM-
358 PM MDT FRI SEP 25 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN TAOS
WESTERN
MORA...SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 PM MDT...
AT 358 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RIO CHIQUITO, OR 6 MILES EAST OF CHIMAYO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHIMAYO, TRUCHAS, PENASCO, RIO CHIQUITO, DIXON, CUNDIYO, PILAR,
EMBUDO AND OJO SARCO.
THIS INCLUDES STATE ROAD 518 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 52 AND 60.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3589 10588 3592 10599 3632 10596 3619 10550
3586 10577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 204DEG 21KT 3598 10584
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SHOEMAKE
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