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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1237 PM MDT WED APR 29 2026
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NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-JOHNSON AND
BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS-
1237 PM MDT WED APR 29 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND
8 INCHES BETWEEN 7500 AND 9500 FEET AND 8 TO 14 INCHES ABOVE 9500
FEET.
* WHERE...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, AND JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS
INCLUDING RATON PASS.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. CHECK ROAD
CONDITIONS BEFORE HEADING OUT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE BETWEEN 9000 TO 10000 FEET
DURING THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY, DROPPING TO AROUND
7500 FEET FRIDAY MORNING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE
PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.
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.
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