167  
WWUS85 KABQ 051912  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
112 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
NMZ227-228-052000-  
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS NM-JOHNSON AND BARTLETT MESAS INCLUDING  
RATON PASS NM-  
112 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY UNTIL  
2 PM MDT...  
 
AT 112 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES WEST OF RATON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 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...  
RATON, SUGARITE, SUGARITE CANYON STATE PARK AND RATON CREWS  
AIRPORT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 64 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 336 AND 360. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 439 AND 460.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3682 10471 3699 10469 3699 10437 3700 10417  
3678 10428 3667 10437 3673 10457  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 308DEG 13KT 3689 10457  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 

 
 
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