947  
WWUS85 KABQ 050150  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
750 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2026  
 
NMZ220-050215-  
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY NM-  
750 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY  
UNTIL 815 PM MDT...  
 
AT 750 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19  
MILES SOUTH OF BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE, OR 36 MILES SOUTH OF  
SOCORRO, AND IS STATIONARY.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 119.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND  
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS, DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO  
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3348 10724 3362 10716 3368 10710 3366 10675  
3348 10679  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 260DEG 1KT 3354 10700  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH  
 

 
 
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