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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
426 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ411-413-417-TXZ418>424-222330-
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN NM-
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TX-
NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS TX-SALT BASIN TX-
SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS TX-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY TX-OTERO MESA NM-
RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES TX-
EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY TX-
426 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EL PASO AND LAS CRUCES...

AT 423 PM MDT...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO
SPREAD INTO PARTS OF THE LAS CRUCES AND EL PASO METRO AREAS. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE STILL LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY...BUT
ISOLATED STORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER THE MESILLA VALLEY NEAR
MESQUITE...AND THE LOWER VALLEY FROM NEAR FABENS SOUTHEAST TOWARDS
FORT HANCOCK.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS EL PASO AND
LAS CRUCES IN THE NEXT HOUR AS OUTFLOW FROM THE STORMS IN OTERO
COUNTY MOVES INTO THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HIGHLY
LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT EASTERN EL PASO...
SOUTHERN DONA ANA...AND WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES.

SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3098 10556 3111 10566 3115 10577 3138 10600
      3139 10609 3146 10621 3174 10641 3174 10649
      3178 10653 3178 10688 3241 10688 3237 10558
      3093 10545

$$

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