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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
533 PM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
NMC017-023-029-200015-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0029.260819T2333Z-260820T0015Z/
GRANT-LUNA-HIDALGO-
533 PM MDT WED AUG 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN LUNA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT.
* AT 532 PM MDT, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTH OF SEPAR TO 11 MILES NORTH OF ROAD FORKS, MOVING SOUTH
AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* I-10 NEAR LORDSBURG, NM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LORDSBURG, STEINS, COTTON CITY, ROAD FORKS, SEPAR, LORDSBURG PLAYA,
PYRAMID MOUNTAINS, AND SHAKESPEARE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUST STORMS CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A DUST STORM, 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 3254 10904 3250 10822 3207 10827 3207 10873
3217 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 008DEG 8KT 3231 10840 3238 10893
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