Special Weather Statement
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Bernalillo And South Central Sandoval Counties Until 8 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 729 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Paradise Hills, or 13 miles southwest of Rio Rancho, moving northeast at 20 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, Rio Rancho City Center and Vista Hills. This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 150 and 154.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.
Affected areas
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~48s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S24KQ4TQFMBJ2S3F792BFS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b77ad58b39d8b3142f181fa09e4e07253bcfe182.001.1
- 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.2260
- 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 180129 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BERNALILLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T01:29:00-00:00...storm...230DEG...16KT...35.19,-106.86 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035001 |
| SAME | 035006 |
| SAME | 035043 |
| SAME | 035057 |
| SAME | 035061 |
| UGC | NMZ219 |
- Polygons
- 35.06,-106.69 35.07,-107.0 35.08,-107.0 35.07,-106.99 35.08,-106.98 35.1,-106.97 35.12,-106.97 35.14,-106.98 35.18,-106.96 35.22,-106.97 35.24,-106.98 35.44,-106.79 35.28,-106.6 35.06,-106.69