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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
738 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HUDSPETH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 738 PM MDT...BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR DATA...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ESPERANZA...OR 22 MILES WEST OF SIERRA BLANCA...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3107 10560 3112 10566 3112 10571 3117 10579
3154 10548 3139 10525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 219DEG 28KT 3110 10571
LUNDEEN
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