957  
WWUS84 KEPZ 200153  
SPSEPZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX  
753 PM MDT MON OCT 19 2026  
 
NMZ407-411-200245-  
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-  
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY NM-  
753 PM MDT MON OCT 19 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LUNA AND  
SOUTHWESTERN DONA ANA COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM MDT...  
 
AT 752 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKELA TO 13 MILES EAST OF  
COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
AFTON, DEMING RANCHETTES, LAS CRUCES WEST MESA, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO  
STATE FAIRGROUNDS, ADEN CRATER, MOUNT RILEY, CAMEL MOUNTAIN, AND  
KILBOURNE HOLE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111  
AND 133.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3219 10753 3232 10691 3179 10680 3178 10743  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 251DEG 25KT 3216 10746 3182 10742  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
DENNHARDT  
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