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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
524 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
NMZ203-204-211-220000-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS NM-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS NM-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS
NM-
524 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA AND
NORTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MDT...
AT 524 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CUBA, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH, HEAVY RAIN, 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. HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUBA AND LA JARA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 86.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
HEAVY RAINS FROM 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 3617 10723 3629 10710 3604 10679 3591 10687
3586 10703 3604 10737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 124DEG 17KT 3601 10700
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SHOEMAKE
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