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WWUS85 KABQ 100045
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
645 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2026
NMZ238-239-100130-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY NM-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS NM-
645 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN
AND NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 645 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MESA TO 19 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ARABELA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...
ROSWELL AND BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 163. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 116 AND 142.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REDUCE
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
LAT...LON 3356 10505 3378 10469 3399 10441 3362 10408
3339 10437 3312 10487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 324DEG 17KT 3382 10438 3366 10461 3343 10490
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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