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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
825 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
NMC006-031-045-201600-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0002.260220T1525Z-260220T1600Z/
CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-SAN JUAN NM-
825 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 900 AM MST.
* AT 825 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
FROM OVER BRIMHALL NIZHONI TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZUNI PUEBLO,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLUP, ZUNI PUEBLO, CROWNPOINT, THOREAU, COOLIDGE, STANDING ROCK,
FORT WINGATE, CHURCH ROCK, MCGAFFEY AND BRIMHALL NIZHONI.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 66.
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 3535 10905 3556 10892 3647 10829 3613 10762
3600 10763 3600 10750 3527 10806 3478 10840
3497 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 293DEG 44KT 3580 10865 3551 10880 3523 10896
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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