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WWUS54 KEPZ 310138
DSWEPZ
DUST ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
738 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2025
NMC013-035-051-310230-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.Y.0081.250731T0138Z-250731T0230Z/
OTERO NM-SIERRA NM-DONA ANA NM-
738 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
EAST CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN DONA ANA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT.
* AT 738 PM MDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHRUP LANDING TO NEAR WHITE SANDS NATIONAL
PARK TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMOGORDO, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN THREE MILES VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 70 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 205, AND
NEAR MILE MARKER 207.
HIGHWAY 54 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 62.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITE SANDS NATIONAL PARK, NORTHRUP LANDING, OROGRANDE, ALAMOGORDO,
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE MAIN POST, HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, BOLES
ACRES, PORTIONS OF JORNADA EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, OLIVER LEE STATE PARK,
THE OTERO MESA, AGUIRRE SPRINGS, LAKE LUCERO, PORTIONS OF ORGAN
MOUNTAINS DESERT PEAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ORO GRANDE RANGE COMPLEX,
AND SAN AUGUSTIN PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BLOWING DUST BRINGS REDUCED VISIBILITY, LEADING TO DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IF DRIVING, AVOID BLOWING DUST IF POSSIBLE. IF CAUGHT IN
DENSE BLOWING DUST, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP
YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
LAT...LON 3296 10671 3221 10651 3221 10578 3285 10588
3281 10625 3311 10659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 013DEG 14KT 3302 10659 3276 10627 3280 10594
BROWN
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