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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
859 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
NMC006-031-043-045-201645-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SQ.W.0004.260220T1559Z-260220T1645Z/
CIBOLA NM-MCKINLEY NM-SANDOVAL NM-SAN JUAN NM-
859 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHERN SAN JUAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 945 AM MST.
* AT 859 AM MST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED NEAR THOREAU,
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...
GRANTS, CROWNPOINT, THOREAU, MILAN, SAN MATEO, PUEBLO PINTADO,
PREWITT, BLUEWATER LAKE, BLUEWATER LAKE STATE PARK AND OJO ENCINO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 96. HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 44 AND 45.
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 3537 10842 3619 10775 3613 10763 3600 10762
3600 10731 3592 10731 3575 10692 3500 10773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 278DEG 35KT 3544 10827
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED
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