819  
WWUS84 KEPZ 032144  
SPSEPZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX  
344 PM MDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
NMZ408-426-032230-  
EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS NM-  
SOUTHERN GILA REGION HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM-  
344 PM MDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SIERRA COUNTY  
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...  
 
AT 344 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
CHLORIDE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...  
WINSTON, CHLORIDE, AND PORTIONS OF THE ALDO LEOPOLD WILDERNESS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3338 10749 3322 10773 3330 10783 3348 10773  
3348 10761  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 214DEG 12KT 3335 10770  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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