SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX

SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY NM-SOUTHERN GILA
HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY
NM-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY NM-
247 PM MDT SUN SEP 1 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THREATENING NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY THROUGH 345
PM MDT...

AT 237 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LAKE ROBERTS...MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN OF 1 INCH OR MORE
AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SILVER CITY...
  SAN LORENZO...
  LAKE ROBERTS...
  BUCKHORN...
  GEORGETOWN...
  COONEY...
  RIVERSIDE...
  CAMP THUNDERBIRD...
  SHERMAN...
  SAN JUAN...
  BEAR CANYON LAKE...
  BILL EVANS LAKE...
  ROCKY CANYON CAMPGROUND...
  SAPILLO CAMPGROUND...

TORRENTIAL RAIN MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.