Friday, June 21, 2013

Tornado warning extended near Tucumcari

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Colfax and Union counties along the Colorado border until 7 p.m.

At 6:23 p.m. radar indicated a severe storm about 17 miles northwest of Des Moines was capable of producing a tornado.

The storm was moving east at about 20 mph.

The storm is moving through lightly populated ranching country along the Dry Cimarron River.

Earlier coverage today:

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for parts of Quay and San Miguel counties in eastern New Mexico and extended it to 5 p.m..

The warning at 3:28 p.m. places a severe storm capable of producing a tornado nine miles northwest of Tucumcari and moving east at 20 mph.? The warning covers central Quay County and far southeastern San Miguel County.

Locations in the path of the storm include Ute Lake State Park and Logan on U.S. Highway 54.? Anyone in the path of the storm should be seeking shelter in an interior room or basement away from windows and not in a vehicle or mobile home, according to the weather service.

As of yet there are no reports of a tornado on the ground although radar signatures suggested there might be one.

The warning was set to expire at 4:15 p.m.? By then the weather service had received a report of baseball-size hail about five miles north of Tucumcari with the storm progressing toward the Texas state line.

The weather service let the warning expire about 4:45 p.m. after radar indicated the tornadic motion within the storm subsided.

An ongoing watch for severe storms in eastern New Mexico continues until 8 p.m.

Source: http://www.kasa.com/dpps/news/krqe_news/region_3/tornado-warning-issued-near-tucumcari_6284606

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