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WWUS85 KABQ 170441
SPSABQ
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1041 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
NMZ208-220-224-241-170530-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NM-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-SAN AGUSTIN
PLAINS AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS NM-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NM-
1041 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SOCORRO
COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM MDT...
AT 1041 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES SOUTH OF NATIONAL RADIO
ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE,
MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
SOCORRO, MAGDALENA, SAN ANTONIO, BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE,
ESCONDIDA, LEMITAR, LUIS LOPEZ AND LABORCITA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 15. HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 107 AND 138. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 157.
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 3377 10757 3402 10750 3423 10701 3405 10669
3387 10661 3364 10668 3375 10713 3369 10759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 200DEG 22KT 3367 10765 3378 10705 3356 10677
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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