High Wind Warning issued October 16 at 11:40AM MDT until October 17 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
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* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust at times. For the High Wind Warning, east winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * WHERE...New Mexico Bootheel. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 8 PM MDT this evening. For the High Wind Warning, until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
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- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NM, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel
- event
- High Wind Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T11:40:00-06:00
- states
- ["NM"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T11:40:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba5489d498d8774848a5d8ac82c2bd93db6c61ce.003.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.afcb34aa5f91fbef89e20563ce7aeebef9b10ff1.003.1"]
- instruction
- Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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