798  
WWUS45 KABQ 171737  
WSWABQ  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1037 AM MST FRI JAN 17 2025  
 
NMZ227-230-180100-  
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0001.250118T0600Z-250119T0600Z/  
JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS-UNION COUNTY-  
1037 AM MST FRI JAN 17 2025  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO  
11 PM MST SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE RATON  
PASS AND JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS.  
 
* WHERE...JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS AND UNION  
COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THE  
RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FOR THOSE OUTDOORS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU  
MUST GO OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL  
KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO  
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A  
HAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.  
 
CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL ACROSS U.S. 87 BETWEEN CLAYTON AND RATON,  
AS WELL AS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE RATON PASS. IF YOU  
MUST TRAVEL, SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.  
 

 
 

 
 
NMZ228-231-180100-  
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0004.250118T0600Z-250119T0600Z/  
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-  
1037 AM MST FRI JAN 17 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING  
TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND HARDING COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THE  
RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE FOR THOSE OUTDOORS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU  
MUST GO OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL  
KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO  
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A  
HAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION. FOR THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.  
 

 
 

 
 
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