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Southern NM hit with winter blast
Updated: Monday, 09 Jan 2012, 11:54 AM MST
Published : Monday, 09 Jan 2012, 11:54 AM MST
HOBBS, N.M. (AP) - Travelers making their way through far southeastern New Mexico are being warned about severe driving conditions as the latest winter storm crosses the state.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation says there are white-out conditions in the Hobbs and Jal area and travel is being discouraged.
Roads in the Sacramento Mountains and in southwestern New Mexico near Luna and Quemado Lake are also icy.
Snow was also falling early Monday throughout the Mesilla Valley.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for far southeastern New Mexico and a weather advisory for much of eastern New Mexico until Monday evening.
About 2 inches of snow were reported on the ground in Hobbs by midmorning and visibility had dropped to about a quarter of a mile.
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