New Mexico Moderate Special Weather Statement | Effective 09/19/2026 18:15

Headline: 
Special Weather Statement issued September 19 at 7:15PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
Event: 
Special Weather Statement
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
September 19, 2026 - 6:15pm
Expires: 
September 19, 2026 - 6:45pm
Description: 
At 715 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers and thunderstorms extending from 13 miles northwest of Tucumcari to 6 miles west of House, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Tucumcari, Quay, House, Montoya, Ragland, Newkirk, Cuervo, Mcalister and Forrest. This includes the following highways... Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 292 and 343. State Road 104 between Mile Markers 64 and 74...and between Mile Markers 77 and 105.
Instruction: 
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Area Description: 
Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County
Forcast Office: 
NWS Albuquerque NM
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov