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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
432 PM MDT THU AUG 27 2009
NMZ024-025-032-TXZ055-056-280045-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...
TIMBERON...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
432 PM MDT THU AUG 27 2009
...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE ARE MOVING SOUTH
SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. THESE STORMS STORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM .1 TO .5 INCHES WITH SOME ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF .74 TO 1.5 INCHES CAUSING SOME BRIEF LOCAL LOW AREA PONDING.
IN ADDITION THESE STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OF .25 TO .5 INCHES
IN DIAMETER AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS OF 40-45 MPH. OCCASIONAL
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING IS ALSO ACCOMPANYING THESE
STORMS. 
AT THIS TIME AN ACTIVE AREA OF STORMS IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AROUND
SOCORRO IS PRODUCING AROUND 1 TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN
ONE HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO ENTER ROADWAYS WHERE WATER IS
PONDING ON ROADWAYS OR RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN...AND...WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS.
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