355  
WWUS85 KABQ 250305  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
905 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026  
 
NMZ238-250345-  
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS NM-  
905 PM MDT SAT OCT 24 2026  
 
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY  
UNTIL 945 PM MDT...  
 
AT 905 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE  
REFUGE TO 5 MILES EAST OF HAGERMAN, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...  
DEXTER, HAGERMAN, BOTTOMLESS LAKES STATE PARK, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE  
REFUGE, ELKINS AND GREENFIELD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 194. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 117 AND 137.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3301 10434 3343 10447 3373 10470 3396 10416  
3366 10387 3315 10380  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 247DEG 32KT 3371 10452 3348 10434 3314 10424  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 

 
 
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