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WWUS85 KABQ 070235  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
835 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2026  
 
NMZ238-239-070330-  
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS NM-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY NM-  
835 PM MDT WED MAY 6 2026  
 
...A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND  
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM MDT...  
 
AT 835 PM MDT, SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A STRONG OUTFLOW  
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF ELKINS TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST  
OF MESA, MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROSWELL, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOTTOMLESS LAKES STATE PARK,  
ELKINS, MIDWAY AND SUNSET.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 186. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 100 AND 144.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3395 10503 3387 10447 3394 10410 3349 10374  
3326 10438 3331 10515  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 355DEG 22KT 3382 10411 3377 10447 3379 10486  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 
 
 
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