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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
357 PM MDT FRI APR 18 2025
NMC013-035-051-TXC141-190200-
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OTERO NM-SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-EL PASO TX-
357 PM 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...
SOUTHEASTERN SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT.
* AT 356 PM MDT, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS MUCH OF DONA ANA AND
OTERO COUNTIES.
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 7.
INTERSTATE 25 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.
HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 150 AND 212.
HIGHWAY 54 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 100.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT SELDEN STATE HISTORIC SITE, HATCH, RADIUM SPRINGS, BOLES ACRES,
MESILLA, DONA ANA, AFTON GENERATING PLANT, CHAPARRAL, SAN MIGUEL,
THREE RIVERS, LAKE LUCERO, TALAVERA, THREE RIVERS PETROGLYPH SITE,
HIGH VALLEY, CORRALITOS, NORTHRUP LANDING, EAST MESA, SANTA TERESA,
MESQUITE, AND KARR CANYON.
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 3259 10569 3178 10673 3179 10688 3273 10731
3310 10651 3339 10611 3339 10599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 240DEG 0KT 3227 10682
BROWN
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