871  
WWUS85 KABQ 202135  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
335 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
NMZ207-219-202200-  
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE  
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA NM-  
335 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA AND EAST  
CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM MDT...  
 
AT 335 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13  
MILES SOUTH OF MESITA, OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF LAGUNA PUEBLO, MOVING  
EAST AT 20 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...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA AND EAST CENTRAL CIBOLA  
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 3475 10734 3489 10735 3495 10707 3473 10703  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 264DEG 17KT 3483 10727  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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