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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1255 PM MST MON JAN 20 2025
NMC009-019-037-047-202045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0003.250120T1955Z-250120T2045Z/
CURRY NM-GUADALUPE NM-QUAY NM-SAN MIGUEL NM-
1255 PM MST MON JAN 20 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 145 PM MST.
* AT 1255 PM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CONCHAS TO 14 MILES EAST OF SAN JON, MOVING
SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING
TO BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND
GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUCUMCARI, QUAY, SAN JON, WHEATLAND, MONTOYA, NEWKIRK, CUERVO AND
BARD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 373.
STATE ROAD 104 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 73...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 105.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS MAY RESULT FROM PEOPLE EXITING THEIR
VEHICLES DURING A SNOW SQUALL. DRIVERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE YOU OR
STOP! IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR PULLED TO THE SIDE
OF THE ROADWAY, QUICKLY EXIT YOUR VEHICLE AND MOVE AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE ONLY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. DO NOT STAND
ALONG OR NEAR THE ROADWAY, SINCE APPROACHING VEHICLES MAY BE UNABLE
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL.
LAT...LON 3502 10442 3536 10423 3529 10367 3522 10304
3482 10304 3487 10335 3493 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 17DEG 14KT 3525 10417 3520 10370 3513 10309
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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