Expires:200907200400;Remove:200907200400;090556 WWUS85 KABQ 200337 SPSABQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 937 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009 NMZ016-019-200400- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 937 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 2009 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY... AT 935 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 55 MPH... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HAIL UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER 14 MILES WEST OF ROSWELL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BITTER LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE...ELKINS...MIDWAY AND ROSWELL MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. $$ 40