802  
WWUS84 KEPZ 200244  
SPSEPZ  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX  
844 PM MDT MON OCT 19 2026  
 
NMZ411-427-429-TXZ418-419-200330-  
SOUTHEAST TULAROSA BASIN NM-  
WEST CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN/WHITE SANDS NM-  
SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY NM-  
EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY TX-WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY TX-  
844 PM MDT MON OCT 19 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN OTERO
 
SOUTHEASTERN  
DONA ANA AND NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM MDT...  
 
AT 843 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAS CRUCES TO 13 MILES  
SOUTH OF AFTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 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...  
WEST EL PASO, CENTRAL EL PASO, NORTHEAST EL PASO, EAST EL PASO,  
MISSION VALLEY, CHAPARRAL, OROGRANDE, SANTA TERESA, ANTHONY, VADO,  
LAS CRUCES, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE HEADQUARTERS, SUNLAND PARK,  
NMSU MAIN CAMPUS, CANUTILLO, ANTHONY GAP, BERINO, VINTON, SAN MIGUEL,  
AND WESTWAY.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 164.  
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 26.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3174 10639 3176 10645 3175 10649 3178 10653  
3179 10699 3240 10673 3250 10599  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 264DEG 37KT 3234 10674 3187 10694  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
DENNHARDT  
 
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