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WWUS45 KABQ 180859
WSWABQ
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
259 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
NMZ210-211-213>215-227-182100-
/O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0007.250419T0000Z-250420T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.WS.W.0008.250419T0000Z-250420T0600Z/
TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-NORTHERN SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EAST
SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS-
259 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
MDT SATURDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 5 TO 10
INCHES, WITH OVER 1 FOOT POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PEAKS. WINDS GUSTING
AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, AND JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE CHAINS MAY BE
NECESSARY IF TRAVELING THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
NMZ202-182100-
/O.UPG.KABQ.WS.A.0007.250419T0000Z-250420T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0013.250418T2100Z-250420T0000Z/
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-
259 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6
PM MDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8
INCHES.
* WHERE...CHUSKA MOUNTAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE
IN FRONT OF YOU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. FOR THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS, DIAL 511 OR 1.800.432.4269, OR VISIT HTTP://NMROADS.COM.
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