789  
WWUS55 KABQ 192344  
SVSABQ  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
544 PM MDT SAT OCT 19 2024  
 
NMC005-011-200015-  
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0301.000000T0000Z-241020T0015Z/  
CHAVES NM-DE BACA NM-  
544 PM MDT SAT OCT 19 2024  
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT  
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA AND NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES...  
 
AT 544 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF  
MESA, OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA AND NORTH CENTRAL  
CHAVES COUNTIES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 151.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE  
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DANGEROUS HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  
 
ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND  
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.  
 
BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REDUCE  
VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3400 10465 3424 10451 3416 10414 3395 10439  
3386 10451 3390 10464 3392 10469  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 204DEG 16KT 3396 10453  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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