⚠️ Special Weather Statement – West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains – Saturday, October 24, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued October 24 at 9:39PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM

Details

At 939 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Northeast El Paso, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
West El Paso, Northeast El Paso, Central El Paso, Chaparral, Fort
Bliss, McGregor Range Base, Biggs Field, Fort Bliss Northeast,
Franklin Mountains State Park, and Meyer Range Complex.

This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 1 and 11.

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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
south central New Mexico…and western Texas.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.