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High Wind Warning issued October 16 at 11:40AM MDT until October 17 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM, United States of America
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* WHAT...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, visibility between
one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust at times. For the High
Wind Warning, east winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.
* WHERE...New Mexico Bootheel.
* WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 8 PM MDT this evening.
For the High Wind Warning, until midnight MDT tonight.
* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.
Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Travel could
be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 39.9645, -100.8105 |
|---|---|
| Region | Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel |
| Location Precision | country |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Expected |
| Cap Certainty | Likely |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-16T20:00:00-06:00 |
Official source
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Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).
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Source updated 3 days ago (Oct 16, 2026 17:41 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 29 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 30 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
About this location
The agency did not publish coordinates for this warning. The pin is the centre of the country, not the location of the event — read the area name, not the map, for where it applies.
Area as the agency stated it: Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel
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