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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
846 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
NMC039-043-045-201645-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0003.260220T1546Z-260220T1645Z/
RIO ARRIBA NM-SANDOVAL NM-SAN JUAN NM-
846 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 945 AM MST.
* AT 846 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
COUNSELOR, OR 38 MILES WEST OF CUBA, MOVING EAST AT 40 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 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CUBA, COUNSELOR, LINDRITH, REGINA, NAGEEZI AND LA JARA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 117.
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 3623 10785 3639 10758 3630 10686 3576 10692
3592 10731 3600 10731 3600 10763 3614 10763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 278DEG 35KT 3623 10759
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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