740  
WWUS85 KABQ 232215  
SPSABQ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
415 PM MDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
NMZ232-234-232245-  
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY NM-QUAY COUNTY NM-  
415 PM MDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN  
SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...  
 
AT 415 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9  
MILES EAST OF QUAY, OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI, MOVING NORTH AT  
55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
TUCUMCARI, QUAY, RAGLAND AND FORREST.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 326 AND 351. STATE ROAD 104  
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 105.  
 
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.  
 
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 3526 10387 3528 10388 3532 10339 3480 10343  
3478 10374  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 172DEG 45KT 3492 10360  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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