877  
WWUS85 KABQ 232337  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
537 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025  
 
NMZ227-228-230-240015-  
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS NM-UNION COUNTY NM-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT  
MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS NM-  
537 PM MDT THU OCT 23 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN UNION AND  
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...  
 
AT 537 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
FOLSOM, OR NEAR DES MOINES, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY 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...  
RATON, DES MOINES, FOLSOM, CAPULIN, SUGARITE, SUGARITE CANYON  
STATE PARK AND RATON CREWS AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 337 AND 390.  
INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 439 AND 460.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND  
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3699 10454 3699 10343 3671 10368 3670 10451  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 236DEG 16KT 3683 10385  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 

 
 
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