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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 19 at 6:31PM MDT until October 19 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Luna, NM. Severe; observed; urgency: immediate.

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Bulletin issued
20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC
First saved by us
20 October 2026 at 00:17 UTC
Last included in a daily record
20 October 2026

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Source classification
Severe · Source update

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Issuer / area
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM · Luna, NM
Certainty / urgency
Observed / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end)
20 October 2026 at 01:00 UTC
Forecast onset / end
20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC / 20 October 2026 at 01:00 UTC

Archived official description

At 631 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of Akela, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Akela and Deming Ranchettes.

Instructions in this archived message

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.

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    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 19 at 6:16PM MDT until October 19 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

    After

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 19 at 6:31PM MDT until October 19 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

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    20 October 2026 at 00:16 UTC

    After

    20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC

    Effective from
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    20 October 2026 at 00:16 UTC

    After

    20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC

    Forecast onset
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    20 October 2026 at 00:16 UTC

    After

    20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC

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    Update

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    Official description
    Before

    SVREPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Luna County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 700 PM MDT. * At 616 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Deming, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Deming, Akela, Rock Hound State Park, and Deming Ranchettes. This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 81 and 109.

    After

    At 631 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of Akela, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Akela and Deming Ranchettes.

    External source link
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    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0b9937ce5f0821a146cdd3efd3e1d64500467e13.001.1

    After

    https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.75a028a743f862bdc414d184e90c637ebab1a0c4.001.1

    Bulletin issued: 20 October 2026 at 00:31 UTC

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First saved record · 20 October 2026 at 00:17 UTC

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    Our first saved version of Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 19 at 6:16PM MDT until October 19 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

    Bulletin issued: 20 October 2026 at 00:16 UTC

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    Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.

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