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Special Weather Statement — Western El Paso County + 1 more areaSpecial Weather Statement — Western El Paso County + 1 more area

Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.

StatusCompleted
Affected area / locationWestern El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County
Record roleIncident record
Last meaningful change4 days ago
Last source check4 days ago
Official sourceNational Weather Service
FINAL RECORD

What the preserved official data shows

Automated factual summary

This Special Weather Statement left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.

First collected
Oct 19, 2026 · 9:50 PM CDT
Record completed
Oct 19, 2026 · 10:30 PM CDT
Monitored duration
40 minutes
Official severity
Moderate
Named areas
Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County
Official expiration
Oct 19, 2026 · 10:30 PM CDT
Final monitor status
Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts

Event
Special Weather Statement
Affected Texas areas
Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County
Effective
2026-10-19T20:44:00-06:00
Expires
2026-10-19T21:30:00-06:00
Issuing authority
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
LATEST MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Completed

Official record ended or left the source’s active window.

Instructions preserved with the record

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.

Latest official-source information

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.

RECORDED TIMELINE

Meaningful official changes

2 meaningful changes

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  1. Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
  2. First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.

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