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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
514 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2012

NMZ023-024-030>032-TXZ055-056-171900-
SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...ALAMOGORDO...
LORDSBURG...DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...
DELL CITY
514 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2012
...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE
LOWLANDS THROUGH TONIGHT...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST SOUTH OF ARIZONA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST
TO AROUND THE BIG BEND REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. WITH ABUNDANT
MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...MOST
FREQUENT FROM ABOUT LAS CRUCES NORTH AND WEST. FURTHER
WEST...CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW...SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER
HIDALGO AND LUNA COUNTIES. THE HIGHLANDS OF HIDALGO COUNTY ABOVE
5000 FEET COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY. THE REMAINDER OF
THOSE TWO COUNTIES COULD SEE BRIEF PERIODS OF A MIXTURE OF RAIN
AND SNOW. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWLANDS
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OF 50 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND IN THE
EAST BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE WET WEATHER WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITIES AND SLIPPERY ROADS. WATER MAY POND ON A FEW
ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER LOW LYING AREAS. 
PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TELEVISION
AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES. 
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