Special Weather Statement — Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains + 2 more areasSpecial Weather Statement — Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains + 2 more areas
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Special Weather Statement left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Sep 16, 2026 · 6:00 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Sep 16, 2026 · 6:30 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 30 minutes
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Named areas
- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands
- Official expiration
- Sep 16, 2026 · 6:30 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Affected Texas areas
- Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Southern Hudspeth Highlands
- Effective
- 2026-09-16T16:56:00-06:00
- Expires
- 2026-09-16T17:30:00-06:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
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.
Latest official-source information
At 456 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles south of Cornudas, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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...
Cornudas.
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
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