Official alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Otero, NM.

Expires: Oct 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC.

SVREPZ

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Otero County in south central New Mexico...

  • Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 522 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest
of Elk, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
Mayhill, Lower Sixteen Springs Canyon, Lower Dry Burnt Canyon,
McDonald Flats, and Elk Canyon.

NWS instructions: 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.

This is a direct summary of an active National Weather Service alert. Follow the official source for updates and current instructions.