817  
WWUS85 KABQ 242022  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
222 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026  
 
NMZ203-242045-  
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS NM-  
222 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA AND  
NORTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...  
 
AT 222 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12  
MILES NORTHEAST OF NAVAJO LAKE STATE PARK, OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF  
NAVAJO DAM, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA AND NORTHEASTERN SAN  
JUAN COUNTIES.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3675 10736 3684 10758 3700 10750 3700 10717  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 210DEG 35KT 3692 10739  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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