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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
847 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 2026
NMZ404-405-407-110200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DU.Y.0012.260710T2100Z-260711T0200Z/
SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RED ROCK, ANIMAS, ANTELOPE WELLS,
HACHITA, COLUMBUS, DEMING, LORDSBURG, AND VIRDEN
847 AM MDT FRI JUL 10 2026
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...VISIBILITY BETWEEN ONE-QUARTER AND ONE MILE IN BLOWING DUST
EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL, SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA
RIVER VALLEY, AND SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN.
* WHEN...FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...DUST STORM WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED
AS LOCALIZED AREAS MAY DROP TO AS LOW AS ZERO VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS TO STAY
INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BE READY FOR A SUDDEN DROP IN
VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. IF YOU ENCOUNTER BLOWING DUST OR BLOWING
SAND ON THE ROADWAY OR SEE IT APPROACHING, PULL OFF THE ROAD AS FAR
AS POSSIBLE AND PUT YOUR VEHICLE IN PARK. TURN THE LIGHTS ALL THE
WAY OFF AND KEEP FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. REMEMBER, 'PULL ASIDE,
STAY ALIVE'.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, VISIT US AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EPZ
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