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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
122 AM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
NMZ207-219-221-180800-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING
EDGEWOOD NM-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE
METRO AREA NM-
122 AM MDT FRI SEP 18 2026
..AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT VALENCIA
BERNALILLO
AND NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM MDT...
AT 122 AM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF LOS LUNAS TO NEAR
MANZANO MOUNTAIN STATE PARK, MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBUQUERQUE, LOS LUNAS, BELEN, VALENCIA, BOSQUE FARMS, EL CERRO
MISSION, MEADOW LAKE, RIO COMMUNITIES NORTH, TOME AND ISLETA
PUEBLO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 142 AND 151. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 188 AND 225.
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 3464 10719 3506 10691 3510 10661 3495 10621
3450 10635 3449 10641 3452 10643 3448 10647
3459 10679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 189DEG 31KT 3481 10703 3479 10675 3461 10644
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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