Special Weather Statement
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM ยท US
Details
Special Weather Statement issued September 15 at 5:54PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 554 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Orogrande. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Otero County. This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 31 and 47.
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
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2KQX3TFNKEY3H53K40BS5D6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.31828f897891a03c0b1508d44504e4ee614dce13.001.1
- 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.9595
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Issue to receipt is approximate; issue-time rounding and clock differences affect this interval.
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSEPZ |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS84 KEPZ 152354 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-15T23:54:00-00:00...storm...150DEG...3KT...32.49,-106.04 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
- Southeast Tularosa Basin
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 035051 |
| SAME | 035013 |
| SAME | 035035 |
| UGC | NMZ427 |
| UGC | NMZ429 |
- Polygons
- 32.46,-105.9 32.38,-106.07 32.52,-106.23 32.65,-105.96 32.46,-105.9