095  
WWUS55 KABQ 300035  
SVSABQ  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
635 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026  
 
NMC005-300115-  
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-260930T0115Z/  
CHAVES NM-  
635 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026  
 
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR  
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...  
 
AT 635 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ROSWELL, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. AT 634 PM MDT, ROSWELL AIRPORT  
RECORDED A 67 MPH GUST.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE  
HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROSWELL, DEXTER, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOTTOMLESS LAKES  
STATE PARK, ELKINS, MIDWAY AND ROSWELL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 192. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 91 AND 127.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
ANYONE OUTDOORS SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE  
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD  
DAMAGING WINDS.  
 
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN  
HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3307 10463 3351 10477 3393 10419 3336 10383  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 236DEG 40KT 3336 10455  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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