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High Wind Watch 2, NWS El Paso, TX

February 15, 2026Otero County, New Mexico

NWS El Paso, TX issued this high wind watch at Feb 15, 2026, 9:21 PM MST for Otero County, New Mexico. It took effect at Feb 18, 2026, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 15, 2026, 9:21 PM MST (04:21 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2026, 12:00 PM MST
Expired: Feb 17, 2026, 8:46 PM MST
In force
Issued by: NWS El Paso, TX

County Otero County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Feb 15, 4:20 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:20 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 4:37 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	EPZ	Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and 1 more	40 hr
Feb 16, 11:30 AM MST	High Wind Warning	EPZ	Doña Ana, Otero, Sierra	33 hr
Feb 16, 11:30 AM MST	Wind Advisory	EPZ	Doña Ana, Grant, Luna, Otero, Sierra	33 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in New Mexico, 2026 Every high wind watch in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.