592  
WWUS85 KABQ 212318  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
518 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026  
 
NMZ204-206-207-212330-  
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS NM-NORTHWEST  
HIGHLANDS NM-  
518 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026  
 
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA AND  
EAST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT...  
 
AT 518 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF SAN MATEO TO 9 MILES  
NORTH OF MILAN, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
SAN MATEO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 71.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND  
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS, DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO  
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3527 10805 3561 10785 3561 10741 3527 10760  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 252DEG 18KT 3553 10774 3542 10784 3531 10790  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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