# Special Weather Statement: Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

Canonical: https://highsignal.app/data/records/36fc082d20fa1900

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-19 19:53 ingested 2026-10-20 02:47

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Special Weather Statement — Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Observed.
At 752 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 5 miles southwest of Akela to 13 miles east of
Columbus. Movement was east at 30 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...
Afton, Deming Ranchettes, Las Cruces West Mesa, Southern New Mexico
State Fairgrounds, Aden Crater, Mount Riley, Camel Mountain, and
Kilbourne Hole.

This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 111
and 133.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.