New Mexico Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 09/29/2026 14:25

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 29 at 3:25PM MDT until September 29 at 4:15PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 29, 2026 - 2:25pm
Expires: 
September 29, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVREPZ The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico... * Until 415 PM MDT. * At 325 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest of La Mesa, moving north at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Las Cruces, Vado, NMSU Main Campus, Mesquite, Mesilla, San Miguel, Fairacres, Chamberino, La Mesa, Talavera, Union Pacific Intermodal Terminal, Afton Generating Plant, San Pablo, Picacho, Dripping Springs, Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, Soledad Canyon, Kilbourne Hole, and Portions of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument. This includes the following highways... Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 134 and 154. Interstate 25 in New Mexico between mile markers 3 and 5.
Instruction: 
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.
Area Description: 
Dona Ana, NM
Forcast Office: 
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov