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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
311 PM MDT THU APR 25 2024
NMC013-035-TXC141-229-252315-
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OTERO NM-DONA ANA NM-HUDSPETH TX-EL PASO TX-
311 PM MDT THU APR 25 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
SOUTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
EL PASO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM MDT.
* AT 310 PM MDT, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS OVER WEST EL PASO.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...SATELLITE IMAGERY.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 164.
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 63.
INTERSTATE 25 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5.
HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 191.
HIGHWAY 54 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 47.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST EL PASO, EAST EL PASO, CENTRAL EL PASO, NORTHEAST EL PASO, FAR
EAST EL PASO, MISSION VALLEY, TORNILLO, CHAPARRAL, CLINT, HORIZON
CITY, LOMA LINDA, FABENS, SANTA TERESA, VADO, OROGRANDE, LAS CRUCES,
ANTHONY, DESERT HAVEN, HUECO TANKS, AND WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUST STORMS LEAD TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. IF DRIVING, AVOID DUST STORMS IF POSSIBLE. IF
CAUGHT IN ONE, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP YOUR
FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 3217 10578 3137 10595 3140 10608 3146 10620
3169 10635 3175 10642 3175 10649 3178 10653
3179 10718 3272 10646 3253 10557
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 180DEG 0KT 3183 10684
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