311  
WWUS84 KEPZ 202130  
SPSEPZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX  
330 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
NMZ408-409-426-202200-  
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-  
SOUTHERN GILA REGION HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES NM-  
330 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY THROUGH  
400 PM MDT...  
 
AT 330 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN MIGUEL, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CUCHILLO, TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, SAN MIGUEL, CITY OF ELEPHANT BUTTE,  
PALOMAS, WILLIAMSBURG, ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE, UPPER PALOMAS CANYON,  
LOST CANYON, LOWER PALOMAS CANYON, ASH CANYON, ROCK CANYON, HOT  
SPRINGS LANDING, LAKESHORE HIGHLANDS, AND LIONS BEACH.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND  
81.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3307 10757 3317 10756 3328 10715 3298 10715  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 263DEG 21KT 3312 10750  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
DENNHARDT  
 
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