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At 458 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles north of City of Elephant Butte, moving east at 20 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. Locations impacted include... Rock House. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Where it happened
Sierra, NM · 33.373°, -107.178°
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- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Sierra, NM
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At 458 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles north of City of Elephant Butte, moving east at 20 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. Locations impacted include... Rock House. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
SVREPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Sierra County in south central New Mexico... * Until 515 PM MDT. * At 440 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles east of Monticello, moving east 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. * Locations impacted include... Rock House, Alamosa Canyon, Elephant Butte Lake, and South Monticello Campground. This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 86 and 97. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.