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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
133 PM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
NMC013-035-TXC141-229-190030-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0067.250418T1933Z-250419T0030Z/
OTERO NM-DONA ANA NM-HUDSPETH TX-EL PASO TX-
133 PM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
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 630 PM MDT.
* AT 132 PM MDT, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS OVER FORT BLISS.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WINDS UP
TO 45 MPH.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 IN TEXAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 45.
HIGHWAY 54 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOMESTEAD MEADOWS, AGUA DULCE, BIGGS FIELD, DAIRYLAND, CHAPARRAL,
EAST EL PASO, LOMA LINDA, FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS STATE PARK, WEST EL
PASO, FORT BLISS, SANTA TERESA, CLINT, BUTTERFIELD, MISSION VALLEY,
HUECO MOUNTAIN ESTATES, SUNLAND PARK, SPARKS, FORT BLISS NORTHEAST,
SAN ELIZARIO, AND CENTRAL EL PASO.
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 3202 10557 3151 10623 3154 10625 3157 10628
3169 10635 3174 10640 3176 10645 3175 10649
3178 10653 3179 10676 3250 10582
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 180DEG 0KT 3178 10643
BROWN
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