018  
WUUS54 KMAF 050009  
SVRMAF  
NMC015-025-050100-  
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0169.250505T0009Z-250505T0100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
609 PM MDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...  
 
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 609 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES EAST OF  
MALAGA, OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO  
MOBILE HOMES, ROOFS, AND OUTBUILDINGS.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
EASTERN EDDY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND, AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING  
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS  
ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER,  
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3210 10385 3226 10386 3231 10339 3203 10339  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 268DEG 20KT 3216 10379  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH  
 

 
 
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