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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX
1141 PM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

NMZ414-415-427>429-040630-
Southeast Tularosa Basin NM-
West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet NM-
East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo NM-
West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands NM-
Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet NM-
1141 PM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY THROUGH
1230 AM MDT...

At 1140 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
pushing east across the Tularosa Basin. Movement was east at 35 mph.
These storms are preceded by an outflow boundary producing 55 mph
wind gusts and blowing dust.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Mescalero, White Sands National Park, Tularosa, Three Rivers,
Alamogordo, Bent, Burro Flats, High Rolls, La Luz, Holloman Air Force
Base, Mountain Park, Upper Nogal Canyon, Lower Nogal Canyon, Boles
Acres, Karr Canyon, Oliver Lee State Park, Laborcita Canyon, San
Patricio, Alamorosa, and Three Rivers Petroglyph Site.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 187 and 212.
 Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 46 and 100.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 3327 10591 3326 10591 3332 10587 3331 10581
      3310 10580 3306 10580 3310 10584 3310 10585
      3304 10585 3306 10583 3298 10579 3282 10586
      3283 10589 3279 10587 3259 10596 3262 10634
      3339 10634 3339 10587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 270DEG 31KT 3334 10617 3299 10612 3272 10635

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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