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SVRABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North Central Socorro County in central New Mexico... South Central Valencia County in central New Mexico... * Until 615 PM MDT. * At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of Bernardo, or 20 miles southwest of Belen, 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... Belen, Bernardo, Veguita, Jarales, Casa Colorada, Sabinal, Abeytas and Las Nutrias. This includes the following highways... Highway 60 between Mile Markers 166 and 167...and between Mile Markers 171 and 175. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 175 and 193. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
Where it happened
Socorro, NM; Valencia, NM · 34.472°, -106.940°
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- official severity
- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Socorro, NM; Valencia, NM
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SVRABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North Central Socorro County in central New Mexico... South Central Valencia County in central New Mexico... * Until 615 PM MDT. * At 529 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles west of Bernardo, or 20 miles southwest of Belen, 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... Belen, Bernardo, Veguita, Jarales, Casa Colorada, Sabinal, Abeytas and Las Nutrias. This includes the following highways... Highway 60 between Mile Markers 166 and 167...and between Mile Markers 171 and 175. Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 175 and 193. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.