871
WWUS55 KABQ 300057
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
657 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
NMC005-300115-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0319.000000T0000Z-260930T0115Z/
CHAVES NM-
657 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2026
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...
AT 657 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS. AT 633 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...
NORTHEASTERN ROSWELL, BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, BOTTOMLESS LAKES
STATE PARK, ELKINS AND MIDWAY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 156 AND 192. HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 100 AND 103...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 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.
TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT
STRUCTURE.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3320 10443 3360 10463 3393 10419 3336 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 224DEG 43KT 3335 10451
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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