435  
WWUS85 KABQ 050143  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
743 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
 
NMZ236>238-050230-  
DE BACA COUNTY NM-ROOSEVELT COUNTY NM-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS NM-  
743 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA
 
WEST  
CENTRAL ROOSEVELT AND NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM  
MDT...  
 
AT 743 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6  
MILES NORTHWEST OF ELIDA, OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ELIDA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND  
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3408 10408 3410 10411 3430 10389 3425 10365  
3406 10341 3385 10368  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 211DEG 9KT 3399 10374  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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