741  
WWUS85 KABQ 242244  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
444 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2026  
 
NMZ227-228-242315-  
JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING RATON PASS NM-FAR NORTHEAST  
HIGHLANDS NM-  
444 PM MDT WED JUN 24 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY UNTIL  
515 PM MDT...  
 
AT 444 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
RATON, MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE. HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS CAUSING HAZARDOUS  
TRAVEL.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RATON, SUGARITE AND SUGARITE CANYON STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 343 AND 359. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 445 AND 460.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND  
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3683 10460 3699 10453 3699 10424 3675 10429  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 275DEG 16KT 3690 10448  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 
 
 
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