Special Weather Statement
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Thunderstorms Getting Ready To Merge Over El Paso
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 601 PM MDT, strong thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall rates were moving into El Paso from the east and southeast. Outflow from these storms is getting ready to merge over the city. Expect an increase in heavy rainfall coverage in the next 15 to 30 minutes. Flood Advisories and Warnings will be issued as needed.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... El Paso, Sunland Park, Santa Teresa, Chaparral, and the lower Mesilla Valley communities.
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
- Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
- Western El Paso County
- Eastern/Central El Paso County
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35SARVVNFK2PXZFZWTPRB2N
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4da7d0b107ad93ea07977df901d055a27b6a34e4.001.1
- 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.102
- 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 230005 |
| NWSheadline | THUNDERSTORMS GETTING READY TO MERGE OVER EL PASO |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T00:01:00-00:00...storm...151DEG...17KT...31.8,-106.52 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
- Western El Paso County
- Eastern/Central El Paso County
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035013 |
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035035 |
| SAME | 048141 |
| UGC | NMZ411 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
| UGC | NMZ429 |
| UGC | TXZ418 |
| UGC | TXZ419 |
- Polygons
- 31.73,-106.38 31.76,-106.45 31.75,-106.49 31.78,-106.53 31.79,-106.88 32.1,-106.83 32.13,-106.26 31.61,-106.3 31.73,-106.38