517  
WWUS85 KABQ 222316  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
516 PM MDT TUE SEP 22 2026  
 
NMZ238-222345-  
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS NM-  
516 PM MDT TUE SEP 22 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL  
545 PM MDT...  
 
AT 516 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16  
MILES EAST OF HAGERMAN, OR 32 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSWELL, MOVING  
NORTHWEST AT 10 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 EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY.  
 
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 3318 10393 3304 10401 3307 10426 3331 10414  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 119DEG 10KT 3313 10405  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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