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WWUS85 KABQ 220444
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1044 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
NMZ205-220515-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU NM-
1044 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM MDT...
AT 1044 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MANUELITO, OR 19 MILES WEST OF GALLUP, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
MANUELITO, TSE BONITO, ROCK SPRINGS AND YAH-TA-HEY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
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 3567 10905 3566 10902 3565 10901 3565 10897
3564 10895 3565 10894 3565 10893 3566 10893
3564 10876 3534 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 205DEG 27KT 3544 10906
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GUYER
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