Special Weather Statement
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Bernalillo...South Central Sandoval And Northeastern Cibola Counties Until 730 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 703 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles west of Paradise Hills, or 19 miles west of Albuquerque, moving northeast at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Northwestern Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, Paradise Hills, Cabezon, Northern Meadows, Rio Rancho Intel Area and Rio Rancho City Center. This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 135 and 154.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Affected areas
- West Central Highlands
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~58s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S0N9PQ4MHS96CQJRKWAHGB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4c83d7467713300675f6c109ca1ff8794aaa18e0.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPABQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1601
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSABQ |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KABQ 180103 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BERNALILLO...SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T01:03:00-00:00...storm...226DEG...15KT...35.13,-106.97 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Central Highlands
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035001 |
| SAME | 035006 |
| SAME | 035031 |
| SAME | 035043 |
| SAME | 035053 |
| SAME | 035061 |
| SAME | 035057 |
| UGC | NMZ207 |
| UGC | NMZ219 |
- Polygons
- 34.99,-106.99 35.04,-107.11 35.38,-106.93 35.29,-106.61 35.01,-106.71 34.98,-106.98 34.99,-106.99