Special Weather Statement
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Otero County Through 800 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 732 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Alamogordo, moving north at 20 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... Tularosa, Alamogordo, White Sands National Park, Burro Flats, La Luz, Holloman Air Force Base, and Boles Acres. This includes the following highways... Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 207 and 212. Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 61 and 80.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- 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
- ~28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2S29FSCF1XK77ZH2CDT3QE9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0e9d6695a7d2e9d97204b5154e934be5d376856d.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.2296
- 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 180132 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 800 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T01:32:00-00:00...storm...191DEG...19KT...32.86,-106.0 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
- Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035035 |
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035013 |
| UGC | NMZ414 |
| UGC | NMZ415 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
| UGC | NMZ428 |
- Polygons
- 32.79,-105.88 32.85,-106.17 33.1,-106.14 33.08,-105.88 32.79,-105.88