NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMSV.W 0139September 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Otero, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Otero in New Mexico, which was in force until 3:15 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 139th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued in 2026. New Mexico had 83 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 38 in an average September of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Area
- Otero
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:26 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 3:15 p.m. MDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KEPZ SV.W 0139
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVREPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Otero County in south central New Mexico... * Until 315 PM MDT. * At 226 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southwest of Sunspot, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Sunspot, Alamogordo, Benson Ridge, Boles Acres, Oliver Lee State Park, Bug Scuttle Ranch, Bluff Springs, and The Otero Mesa. This includes the following highways... Highway 70 in New Mexico between mile markers 210 and 212. Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 36 and 64.
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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