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WWUS55 KABQ 052024  
SVSABQ  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
224 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025  
 
NMC005-011-052045-  
/O.CON.KABQ.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250505T2045Z/  
CHAVES NM-DE BACA NM-  
224 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025  
 
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR SOUTH  
CENTRAL DE BACA AND NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES...  
 
AT 224 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF MESA, OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL DE BACA AND NORTH CENTRAL  
CHAVES COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT  
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME,  
OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT  
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3400 10446 3406 10447 3419 10419 3395 10417  
3393 10445  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 241DEG 18KT 3400 10442  
 
TORNADO...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
 

 
 
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