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WWUS75 KABQ 170151
NPWABQ
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
751 PM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026
NMZ201-217>220-223>225-228-230>241-171500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FZ.W.0007.261017T0600Z-261017T1500Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-ESPANOLA VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER
TULAROSA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-HARDING
COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-SAN AGUSTIN PLAINS
AND ADJACENT LOWLANDS-
751 PM MDT FRI OCT 16 2026
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 26 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL,
NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR
PLUMBING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU, AREAS AROUND
FARMINGTON ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING; HOWEVER, AREAS
SOUTH OF BURNHAM ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE A FREEZE. SIMILARLY, THE
ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT AND MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS
WILL NOT EXPERIENCE A FREEZE, BUT AREAS AROUND BELEN, LOS LUNAS,
THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY AND LOCATIONS NEAR DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT ARE
LIKELY TO FREEZE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
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