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WSWABQ
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1125 AM MST SUN DEC 28 2025
NMZ240-290300-
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SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
1125 AM MST SUN DEC 28 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM
MST MONDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND
6 INCHES.
* WHERE...SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY, INCLUDING DUNKEN AND ELK.
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE
IN FRONT OF YOU.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
ALONG US HIGHWAY 82, WITH THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW FROM SUNRISE
MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
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.
PERSONS SHOULD DELAY ALL TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN
CHANGES IN VISIBILITY.
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SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY-
1125 AM MST SUN DEC 28 2025
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM
MST MONDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES, WITH
HIGHER AMOUNTS ABOVE 7000 FEET IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS.
* WHERE...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY, SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, AND CHAVES
COUNTY PLAINS.
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SNOW PACKED OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES,
PARTICULARLY ALONG US 380 BETWEEN ROSWELL AND HONDO AND US 285
SOUTH OF ROSWELL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A THIN BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SET-UP ACROSS
LINCOLN AND CHAVES COUNTIES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS HIGH
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT LOCATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND
THEREFORE FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS MAY CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE
NEXT 12-24 HOURS. SNOW IS MUCH LESS LIKELY IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF LINCOLN AND CHAVES COUNTIES WHERE LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
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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