Special Weather Statement
NWS Albuquerque NM ยท US
Details
An Area Of Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Valencia...Bernalillo And Northwestern Torrance Counties Until 2 AM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 122 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong thunderstorms extending from 15 miles west of Los Lunas to near Manzano Mountain State Park, moving north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Albuquerque, Los Lunas, Belen, Valencia, Bosque Farms, El Cerro Mission, Meadow Lake, Rio Communities North, Tome and Isleta Pueblo. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 142 and 151. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 188 and 225.
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
- West Central Highlands
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Albuquerque NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2SPB538BXHBHXYWQTENZHTC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0ed0aee543ef03f439b36fae997fbd73f3513da1.001.1
- 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.2468
- 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 180722 |
| NWSheadline | AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT VALENCIA...BERNALILLO AND NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T07:22:00-00:00...storm...189DEG...31KT...34.81,-107.03 34.79,-106.75 34.61,-106.44 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Central Highlands
- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area
- Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035001 |
| SAME | 035006 |
| SAME | 035031 |
| SAME | 035043 |
| SAME | 035053 |
| SAME | 035061 |
| SAME | 035057 |
| SAME | 035049 |
| UGC | NMZ207 |
| UGC | NMZ219 |
| UGC | NMZ221 |
- Polygons
- 34.64,-107.19 35.06,-106.91 35.1,-106.61 34.95,-106.21 34.5,-106.35 34.49,-106.41 34.52,-106.43 34.48,-106.47 34.59,-106.79 34.64,-107.19