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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
453 PM MDT TUE SEP 22 2026
NMZ207-219-221-222330-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NM-SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING
EDGEWOOD NM-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE
METRO AREA NM-
453 PM MDT TUE SEP 22 2026
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN VALENCIA
BERNALILLO...NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE AND EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTIES UNTIL
530 PM MDT...
AT 453 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF LOS LUNAS TO 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MEADOW LAKE, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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...
ALBUQUERQUE, LOS LUNAS, VALENCIA, LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE,
BOSQUE FARMS, SOUTH VALLEY, ISLETA PUEBLO, NORTH VALLEY AND MEADOW
LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 131 AND 172. INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 201 AND 232.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3494 10709 3508 10715 3518 10676 3519 10642
3481 10641 3479 10670 3472 10701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 169DEG 20KT 3483 10701 3491 10673 3495 10650
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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