{"id":377723,"date":"2026-07-18T06:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377723\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:02:07","slug":"ktsm-viewers-capture-heavy-thunderclouds-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377723\/","title":{"rendered":"KTSM viewers capture heavy thunderclouds in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Heavy rain has hit parts of the Borderland on Friday, July 17, as this weekend&#8217;s forecast is slated for thundershowers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KTSM 9 News Chief Meteorologist Robert Bettes issued a Weather Authority Alert through Monday due to potentially strong thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Weather Authority Alert: Heavy rain threat through Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/weather-news\/articles\/weather-authority-alert-heavy-rain-231445326.html\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Weather Authority Alert: Heavy rain threat through Monday\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">KTSM viewers shared their photos of the storms and heavy clouds.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of Dino Cobo.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"555\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/e0bf2bf94fd671c3f80e6b953214d2cc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Dino Cobo.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of Dino Cobo.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/4f945e240833f8b18a34364f6d136cb0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Dino Cobo.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of Marcos T.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"674\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/f0c026a16c0aba6c5e74c658b243cdbd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Marcos T.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of Ed Michelson\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"508\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/a893136a269ea1c9d9635cf66d8f8057.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Ed Michelson<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Weather Service El Paso branch has also issued a flash flood warning for the Northeast and Fort Bliss areas until 6:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Courtesy of NWS.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/79ce17f2464429a83eaf8b7ac7d98bd2.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of NWS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Heavy rain has hit parts of the Borderland on Friday, July 17, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[133568,138,140,139,498,133569,133567,133566],"class_list":["post-377723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-dino-cobo","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-ktsm","tag-robert-bettes","tag-thundershowers","tag-weather-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}