Hazardous Weather Outlook For Borderland Area
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING CENTRAL DONA ANA COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM MDT, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVCICE.
AT 452 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAS CRUCES…MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM…ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE… LAS CRUCES… PICACHO… TALAVERA… FAIRACRES… NMSU MAIN CAMPUS… MESILLA…
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY…SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO…SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH IN SPOTS. STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON…WITH THE ACTIVITY FOCUSING OVER THE DESERTS THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING…WITH THE EMPHASIS SHIFTING TO WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED ON THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN AROUND WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER VIA OUR 800 NUMBER OR TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
