947  
WWUS85 KABQ 232203  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
403 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025  
 
NMZ227-228-232230-  
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS NM-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING  
RATON PASS NM-  
403 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN UNION AND NORTHEASTERN  
COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM MDT...  
 
AT 403 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RATON CREWS AIRPORT, OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF RATON,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
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...  
CAPULIN AND RATON CREWS AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 337 AND 344...AND  
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 352 AND 381.  
INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 434 AND 446.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL  
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3655 10441 3666 10452 3674 10451 3699 10427  
3699 10425 3692 10404 3672 10388  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 231DEG 26KT 3669 10437  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 
 
 
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