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Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Sierra, NM

Ended Oct 20, 1:15 AM MDT

Hail 1.00 inGusts 60 mphMoving north northeast at 43 mph
SIERRATruth or ConsequencesElephant ButteLas PalomasHillsboro25 MI
SIERRATruth or ConsequencesElephant ButteLas PalomasHillsboro20 MI
Map of the Severe Thunderstorm Warning over Sierra County, with the area it draws around the storm. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 20, 12:42 AM MDT
Until
Oct 20, 1:15 AM MDT
Issued
Oct 20, 12:42 AM MDT
Office
El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa, NM
Number
163 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Severe
Storm motion
Moving north northeast at 43 mph
Where
NM

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Sierra County in south central New Mexico...

* Until 115 AM MDT.

* At 1242 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hillsboro, moving northeast at 45 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... Cuchillo, Caballo, Truth or Consequences, Hillsboro, San Miguel, Kingston, Engle, City of Elephant Butte, Palomas, Ladder Ranch, Alamosa Canyon, Williamsburg, Elephant Butte Lake, Lower Animas Creek, Las Placitas, Upper Palomas Canyon, Lost Canyon, Lower Palomas Canyon, Ash Canyon, and Rock Canyon.

This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 65 and 86.

What to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Places under it Truth or Consequences, Elephant Butte, Williamsburg, Las Palomas, Hillsboro, Hot Springs Landing

Read the platesThunderstorm FB-EVT-001Supercell FB-EVT-007WSR-88D radar FB-INS-005Cumulonimbus FB-SKY-019Wall cloud FB-SKY-040Cumulonimbus architecture FB-SKY-041Overshooting top and above anvil plume FB-SKY-042How to read a warning FB-STN-001

On the radarRadar over it

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