High Wind Warning issued October 15 at 2:12PM MDT until October 16 at 12:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
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* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central New Mexico and southwest Texas, including El Paso County, Hudspeth County, and portions of Otero County. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to noon MDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Backdoor cold front arriving this evening could lead to damaging winds especially over mountain ridges and west slopes. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern Hudspeth County
- event
- High Wind Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T18:00:00-06:00
- states
- ["NM","TX"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-15T14:12:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.19bf8d9b5ee7360908e7018dd4d1a4fd6225e849.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6ae09cf7489f3c62530ccc212638a7a873ba4d01.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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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