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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
324 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2026
TXC103-135-475-495-102100-
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ECTOR TX-WARD TX-WINKLER TX-CRANE TX-
324 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.
* AT 323 PM CDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS OVER MONAHANS, AND ONE QUARTER
MILE VISIBILITY WAS MEASURED AT THE MONAHANS AWOS.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 93.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONAHANS, THORNTONVILLE, WICKETT, ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT, AND
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK.
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 3147 10280 3150 10309 3169 10303 3168 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 198DEG 26KT 3160 10291
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