928  
WWUS84 KEPZ 202201  
SPSEPZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX  
401 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
NMZ409-202245-  
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES NM-  
401 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY THROUGH  
445 PM MDT...  
 
AT 401 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
PALOMAS, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, ENGLE, PALOMAS, CUTTER, CITY OF ELEPHANT  
BUTTE, WILLIAMSBURG, ASH CANYON, LOWER PALOMAS CANYON, UPPER PALOMAS  
CANYON, AND ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND  
76.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3306 10738 3314 10737 3320 10703 3295 10706  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 269DEG 20KT 3311 10731  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
DENNHARDT  
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