High Wind Watch issued October 14 at 6:19AM MDT until October 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
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* WHAT...Northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph possible. * WHERE...Far West Texas and portions of south central and southwest New Mexico including the New Mexico Bootheel, and portions of the Sacramento Mountains and Otero Mesa and the Tularosa Basin * WHEN...From Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Backdoor cold front arriving Thursday night could lead to damaging winds especially over mountain ridges and west slopes. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Strongest winds will occur Thursday night into Friday morning especially over mountain ridges and west slopes. Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects such as holiday decorations in a safe location prior to the onset of winds.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; 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 Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-15T18:00:00-06:00
- states
- ["NM","TX"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-14T06:19:00-06:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5bc2d8a13dc44f4430b34fe70b462bfbe9cd2a78.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2a9643b2f934a0b973eec03ab24a90c84add39b2.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2a9643b2f934a0b973eec03ab24a90c84add39b2.002.1"]
- instruction
- Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects such as holiday decorations in a safe location prior to the onset of winds.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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