265  
WWUS55 KABQ 172318  
SVSABQ  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
518 PM MDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
NMC007-172345-  
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0473.000000T0000Z-250917T2345Z/  
COLFAX NM-  
518 PM MDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT  
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...  
 
AT 518 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST  
OF SUGARITE, OR 7 MILES EAST OF RATON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG 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...  
RATON, SUGARITE AND SUGARITE CANYON STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 350 AND 363.  
INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 451 AND 457.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM  
WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE  
HAIL.  
 
ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND  
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3692 10450 3699 10443 3699 10430 3697 10421  
3691 10418 3687 10409 3675 10424  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 313DEG 11KT 3694 10437  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
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