{"id":577,"date":"2006-09-13T15:07:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-13T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/breaking-news-tornado-warning-for-las-cruces\/"},"modified":"2006-09-13T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-13T21:07:00","slug":"breaking-news-tornado-warning-for-las-cruces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/09\/breaking-news-tornado-warning-for-las-cruces\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Tornado warning for Las Cruces"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a massive storm headed for Las Cruces<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> and a tornado was spotted. As of right now, the Las Cruces Public Schools are keeping students at the schools for now. New Mexico<\/st1:placename> State<\/st1:placetype> University<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> has sent out an alert but not cancelled classes.<\/p>\n

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Interstate 10 is closed between Deming and Las Cruces<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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Get updated weather information from CrucesNews.com by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the National Weather Service\u2019s warning:<\/p>\n

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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED<\/p>\n

TORNADO WARNING<\/p>\n

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> TX<\/p>\n

228 PM MDT WED SEP 13 2006<\/p>\n

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> HAS ISSUED A<\/p>\n

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* TORNADO WARNING FOR…<\/p>\n

<\/span>CENTRAL<\/st1:placename> DONA<\/st1:placename> ANA<\/st1:placename> COUNTY<\/st1:placename> IN<\/st1:placename> NEW MEXICO<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><\/p>\n

<\/span>THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…UNIVERSITY<\/st1:placetype> PARK<\/st1:placetype>…LAS CRUCES<\/st1:place><\/st1:city><\/p>\n

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* UNTIL 330 PM MDT<\/p>\n

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* AT 222 PM MDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A<\/p>\n

<\/span>SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF<\/p>\n

<\/span>MESILLA…OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF UNIVERSITY<\/st1:placetype> PARK<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>…MOVING EAST<\/p>\n

<\/span>AT 10 MPH.<\/p>\n

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* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>DONA ANA AND INCLUDE INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF LAS CRUCES<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.<\/p>\n

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DO NOT USE HIGHWAY<\/st1:address><\/st1:street> OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE<\/p>\n

PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK<\/p>\n

TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM’S PATH AND<\/p>\n

TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO…GET OUT OF<\/p>\n

YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.<\/p>\n

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IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED<\/p>\n

BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT…SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT…DITCH OR LOW<\/p>\n

SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.<\/p>\n

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DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY<\/p>\n

TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A<\/p>\n

TORNADO…LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG<\/st1:placename> BUILDING<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>. IF NO SAFE<\/p>\n

STRUCTURE IS NEARBY…SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER<\/p>\n

YOUR HEAD.<\/p>\n

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IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES…EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A<\/p>\n

STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST<\/p>\n

DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a massive storm headed for Las Cruces and a tornado was spotted. As of right now, the Las Cruces Public Schools are keeping students at the schools for now. New Mexico State University has sent out an alert but not cancelled classes. Interstate 10 is closed between Deming and Las Cruces. Get updated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}