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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
555 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2026
NMC017-023-020130-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0023.260801T2355Z-260802T0130Z/
GRANT NM-HIDALGO NM-
555 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
WEST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT.
* AT 554 PM MDT, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS OVER STEINS.
HAZARD...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.
SOURCE...DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN NEW MEXICO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1
AND 41.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STEINS, LORDSBURG, ROAD FORKS, LORDSBURG PLAYA, PYRAMID MOUNTAINS,
AND SHAKESPEARE.
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 3235 10905 3240 10843 3212 10844 3215 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 180DEG 0KT 3239 10854
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