920  
WWUS45 KABQ 201434  
WSWABQ  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
734 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NMZ210-210000-  
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260221T0000Z/  
TUSAS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING CHAMA-  
734 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* 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...UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. TIRE TRACTION WILL BE  
REDUCED. EXTEND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE  
IN FRONT OF YOU.  
 
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.  
 

 
 

 
 
NMZ203-210000-  
/O.CON.KABQ.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-260221T0000Z/  
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-  
734 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS  
AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4  
INCHES.  
 
* WHERE...FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, MAINLY THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS  
ZONE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* 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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