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Emmy + AP award winning Certified Broadcast Chief #Meteorologist + Weather lover ☀️⛈️🌪️❄️ | This is all my own | #ABQ #NMwx https://xitter.cf/t.co/r9zGKD7f3r

 Albuquerque, NM
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Picnic anyone? I brought ice cream cake! ❄️ 🎂 24.1” officially in Denver makes this the 4th biggest snowstorm on record. Records go back to 1874. koat.com/weather/radar #Snowmageddon2021 #snowpocalypse2021 – at Denver, CO
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**SANTA FE TORNADO 🌪️ ** Rated EF-1 Winds: 110 mph Path length: 1.6 mi Width: 100 yards Start Time: 7:00 PM MDT Start Location: Via Caballero Neighborhood End Time: 7:08 PM MDT End Location: College of Santa Fe @koat7news @NWSAlbuquerque #Tornado #SantaFe #NewMexico #NMWX
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Stormy sky over Albuquerque. These are not severe, but can produce pockets of heavy rain, gusty winds, small hail, & lightning. Hear thunder, takeover inside! @koat7news koat.com/weather/radar #Rain #ABQ #NewMexico #nmwx
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⚠️ 10-25-2026: Flash flooding 🌊 threats expand over eastern New Mexico today into tonight. If flash threatens, get to higher ground immediately! Always avoid arroyos, ditches, and water-covered roads! @koat7news koat.com/weather/radar #Flood #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMWX
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⚠️ 10-25-2026: Isolated severe thunderstorms 🌩️ with damaging wind and hail along with an isolated tornado 🌪️ threat today into this evening. Stay weather aware! @koat7news koat.com/alerts #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMWX
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⚠️ 10-24-2026: Severe storm ⛈️ watch until 10 pm for damaging wind 💨 & hail along with isolated tornado 🌪️ threats. Stay weather aware! @koat7news koat.com/alerts #SevereWeather #ABQ #NewMexico #NMWX
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Strong storm with heavy rain, small hail, gusty winds, & lightning impacting Albuquerque West Side into Old Town, Downtown, & the North Valley moving toward the Far Northeast Heights. Hear thunder, take cover inside! #Storm koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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Catastrophic flooding along San Juan River, cresting at nearly 10 feet above the historic record in Shiprock. That record 23.17 foot crest expected at 3 am tonight. Please, get to higher ground immediately. #Flood koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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Small shower racing toward southwest Albuquerque. Hear thunder, take cover inside! #Rain #ABQ koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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Byron Morton KOAT retweeted
NWS Albuquerque
@NWSAlbuquerqueOct 23
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of New Mexico and Texas until 9 PM MDT
This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 696 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 9:00 PM MDT. The watch includes parts of New Mexico and Texas. The threats associated with this watch are no tornadoes expected, scattered hail up to apple size possible and scattered gusts up to 70 mph possible. There are 2,753,094 people in the watch along with 1064 schools and 63 hospitals.

ALT This graphic displays Severe Thunderstorm watch number 696 plotted on a map. The watch is in effect until 9:00 PM MDT. The watch includes parts of New Mexico and Texas. The threats associated with this watch are no tornadoes expected, scattered hail up to apple size possible and scattered gusts up to 70 mph possible. There are 2,753,094 people in the watch along with 1064 schools and 63 hospitals.

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⚠️ 10-23-2026: Tornado 🌪️ threat this afternoon/tonight including Albuquerque. If a tornado threatens, lowest level of sturdy building, interior room, & no windows. Mobile homes & vehicles are not safe. @koat7news koat.com/alerts #Tornado #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMwx
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Rain & storms increasing around the Albuquerque metro. Lightning, thunder, pockets of heavy rainfall, & flows on arroyos possible. Avoid arroyos, ditches, & water-covered roads! Live weather on KOAT 7! koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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Flood Warning for the San Juan River at Shiprock. Minor flooding is expected with a crest late-Friday. If flooding threatens, get to higher ground immediately! #River #Flood koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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**TORNADO WARNING** Until 1 pm for Apache County in AZ, including areas east of Show Low. Get to lowest level of a sturdy structure in an interior room without windows! #Tornado #SevereWeather #AZwx koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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⚠️ 10-22-2026: Severe storm ⛈️ threats expand over western New Mexico today & tonight. Damaging hail & wind, flooding rainfall, & isolated tornadoes 🌪️ possible. Stay weather aware! @koat7news koat.com/alerts #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMWX
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Large hail in Haystack. This pic from Julian Billy. Stay safe! See you on 7! #SevereWeather koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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**Tornado Warning** southern Apache County until 5 pm. Go: Lowest level of a sturdy structure & interior room without windows. Mobile homes are not safe. #Tornado #SevereWeather #AZwx koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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Heavy rain & small hail along I-40 just west of Moriarty. Slow down. @koat7news koat.com/weather/radar #Storm #NewMexico #NMWX
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⚠️ 10-21-2026: Severe storms ⛈️ with damaging hail & wind along with an isolated tornado 🌪️ threat for western New Mexico today into tonight. Flooding rains are possible too. Stay safe! @koat7news koat.com/alerts #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMWX
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Tornado-warned storm west of Deming near Red Mountain. Picture courtesy David Townsend, Interim EM Luna County. @koat7news #Tornado #SevereWeather #NewMexico #NMwx
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Severe storm with damaging hail & wind along I-10 east of Lordsburg. Severe storms can produce tornadoes at any time. Get to the lowest level of a sturdy structure, in an interior room without windows. #SevereWeather koat.com/weather #NewMexico #NMwx #Weather
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