Special Weather Statement
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact North Central Otero County Through 600 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4 miles northeast of Burro Flats, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Mescalero, Bent, Burro Flats, Mountain Park, South Tularosa Canyon, and Soldier Canyon.
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
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~17s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RTWYQMVPCCCCRDS16V3CV6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.15cffa927d2f0a3ab8b230a78df1cf7756a3c038.001.1
- 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.8526
- 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 172323 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T23:22:00-00:00...storm...194DEG...12KT...33.06,-105.84 |
| maxWindGust | Up to 30 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMZ414 |
| UGC | NMZ415 |
| UGC | NMZ428 |
- Polygons
- 32.96,-105.77 32.99,-105.93 33.2,-105.92 33.16,-105.67 32.96,-105.77