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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
541 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 630 PM MDT.
* AT 540 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF
WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. IN ADDITION THE STRONG WINDS
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH COULD REDUCE
VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS ALONG US70 WEST OF HOLLOMAN
AFB.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN OTERO COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND
189.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3251 10618 3241 10638 3262 10637 3267 10623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 057DEG 14KT 3256 10625
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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