Special Weather Statement
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Otero... Southeastern Sierra And Northern Dona Ana Counties Through 915 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 845 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11 miles northeast of Rincon, moving north at 35 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Hatch, Upham, Arrey, Rincon, White Sands National Park, Derry, Salem, Garfield, Spaceport America, Portions of Jornada Experimental Range, and Lake Lucero. This includes Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 27 and 57.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Sierra County Lakes
- Northern Dona Ana County
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PM49GRY7ZG3P95GGTK1G7A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bfb6b6beea304eca8fb676f098c992961c34de40.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- AWIPS ID
- CAPEPZ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.4073
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KEPZ 170246 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO... SOUTHEASTERN SIERRA AND NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T02:45:00-00:00...storm...188DEG...30KT...32.75,-106.91 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sierra County Lakes
- Northern Dona Ana County
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035013 |
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMZ409 |
| UGC | NMZ410 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
- Polygons
- 32.51,-106.57 32.61,-106.89 32.62,-107.4 32.86,-107.43 33.01,-106.89 32.8,-106.33 32.51,-106.57