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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
136 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2025
TXC371-389-121930-
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PECOS TX-REEVES TX-
136 PM CDT WED MAR 12 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.
* AT 135 PM CDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS 22 MILES EAST OF SARAGOSA, OR 25
MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG
FM 1776 IN WESTERN PECOS COUNTY.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 271.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERHALEN, FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT, COYANOSA, B F GOODRICH
TESTING TRACK, IMPERIAL RESERVOIR, FIRESTONE TEST TRACK, FORT
STOCKTON, IMPERIAL, AND SARAGOSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 3127 10358 3129 10284 3127 10282 3129 10278
3129 10275 3128 10275 3129 10273 3129 10265
3076 10271 3096 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 282DEG 26KT 3101 10329
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