546  
WWUS45 KABQ 200247  
WSWABQ  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
747 PM MST THU FEB 19 2026  
 
NMZ210-201500-  
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.260220T0600Z-260221T0000Z/  
TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-  
747 PM MST THU FEB 19 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO  
5 PM MST FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND  
6 INCHES BELOW 8,500FT, BUT UP TO 11 INCHES ACROSS THE PEAKS AND  
HIGHER WEST-FACING SLOPES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH,  
CREATING PATCHES OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.  
 
* WHERE...TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK ROAD  
CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE  
BRANCHES.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
NMZ203-201500-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.WW.Y.0006.260220T0600Z-260221T0000Z/  
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-  
747 PM MST THU FEB 19 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM  
MST FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, MAINLY THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS  
ZONE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SNOW PACKED OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 
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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