Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued November 2 at 1:29PM MDT until November 2 at 2:15PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
November 2, 2024 - 12:29pm
Expires:
November 2, 2024 - 1:15pm
Description:
SVRABQ
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Curry County in east central New Mexico...
Northwestern Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico...
* Until 215 PM MDT.
* At 129 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 17 miles north of
Elida, or 21 miles west of Portales, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect
hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.
Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also
likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Melrose, Saint Vrain, Cannon Air Force Base, Floyd and Portair.
This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 354 and 383.
Instruction:
Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure
and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing
widespread damaging winds and dangerous hail.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.
Area Description:
Curry, NM; Roosevelt, NM
Forcast Office:
NWS Albuquerque NM