485  
WWUS85 KABQ 101829  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
1229 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2025  
 
NMZ240-101915-  
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY NM-  
1229 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY  
UNTIL 115 PM MDT...  
 
AT 1229 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELK, OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUIDOSO, AND IS  
STATIONARY.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
DUNKEN AND ELK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND  
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3279 10535 3296 10535 3296 10534 3296 10532  
3297 10532 3300 10519 3279 10514  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 254DEG 1KT 3288 10528  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 

 
 
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