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WWUS55 KABQ 201510  
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
810 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
NMC039-045-201545-  
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0001.260220T1510Z-260220T1545Z/  
RIO ARRIBA NM-SAN JUAN NM-  
810 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...  
EASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 845 AM MST.  
 
* AT 810 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CEDAR HILL TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF NAPI  
HEADQUARTERS, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO  
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS  
GREATER THAN 35 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS  
WITHIN MINUTES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EASTERN FARMINGTON, BLOOMFIELD, AZTEC, NAVAJO DAM, DULCE, TURLEY,  
ARCHULETA, NAVAJO LAKE STATE PARK, EL HUERFANO TRADING POST AND  
BLANCO TRADING POST.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 174. HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 53 AND 119.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN  
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3647 10829 3675 10816 3700 10800 3700 10696  
3648 10731 3616 10769  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1510Z 293DEG 44KT 3697 10781 3672 10797 3642 10821  
 
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
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