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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
155 PM MST MON MAR 3 2025
NMC005-032300-
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CHAVES-
155 PM MST MON MAR 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 400 PM MST.
* AT 154 PM MST, A DUST STORM WAS NEAR DEXTER, OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
ROSWELL, AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED ACCIDENTS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITY
ALONG US 285 SOUTH OF ROSWELL. THE ROAD IS CURRENTLY
CLOSED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 97.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSWELL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AND DEXTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUST STORMS CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A DUST STORM, 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!
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY DURING A DUST STORM. DELAY
TRAVEL, OR SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE DUST STORM ARRIVES.
NEVER STOP IN THE TRAVELED PORTION OF THE ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3302 10466 3324 10467 3324 10437 3300 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 241DEG 2KT 3317 10445
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