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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1129 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
NMC013-035-TXC141-182230-
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OTERO NM-DONA ANA NM-EL PASO TX-
1129 AM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT.
* AT 1129 AM MDT, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS OVER LAS CRUCES MOVING
NORTHEAST.
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 123 AND 164.
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
INTERSTATE 25 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 43.
HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 212.
HIGHWAY 54 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 88.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT SELDEN STATE HISTORIC SITE, HATCH, RADIUM SPRINGS, BOLES ACRES,
MESILLA, DONA ANA, AFTON GENERATING PLANT, CHAPARRAL, SAN MIGUEL,
LAKE LUCERO, TALAVERA, HIGH VALLEY, CORRALITOS, NORTHRUP LANDING,
EAST MESA, SANTA TERESA, MESQUITE, AFTON, UNION PACIFIC INTERMODAL
TERMINAL, AND DRIPPING SPRINGS.
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.
LAT...LON 3250 10582 3178 10676 3179 10687 3267 10728
3278 10703 3278 10689 3283 10688 3305 10634
3309 10634 3323 10601
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 240DEG 0KT 3218 10692
BROWN
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