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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
NMZ219-221-240030-
SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING EDGEWOOD NM-MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA NM-
600 PM MDT FRI OCT 23 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA AND WEST
CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...
AT 600 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RIO COMMUNITIES, OR 5 MILES EAST OF BELEN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...
BELEN, VALENCIA, EL CERRO MISSION, RIO COMMUNITIES NORTH, MEADOW
LAKE, TOME, RIO COMMUNITIES, LOS CHAVES AND LOS TRUJILLOS-GABALDON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 198.
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.
LAT...LON 3457 10673 3469 10686 3490 10659 3479 10637
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 222DEG 28KT 3468 10669
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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