Special Weather Statement issued October 11 at 6:08PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
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At 608 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles west of Tularosa, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Mescalero, Tularosa, Bent, Burro Flats, Lower Nogal Canyon, Upper Nogal Canyon, Laborcita Canyon, Alamorosa, and Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 74 and 94. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NM, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-11T18:08:00-06:00
- states
- ["NM"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-11T18:08:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3dc46b86c5a596a2b91dc5ee084888009e12061d.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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