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DUST ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
543 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
TXC103-135-301-389-475-495-132330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.DS.Y.0008.260813T2243Z-260813T2330Z/
ECTOR TX-REEVES TX-WARD TX-WINKLER TX-CRANE TX-LOVING TX-
543 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* DUST ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
WARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.
* AT 542 PM CDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS NEAR BARSTOW, OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PECOS, MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN TWO MILES VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 98.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PECOS, MONAHANS, WINK, THORNTONVILLE, BARSTOW, PYOTE, WICKETT, PECOS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT, MONAHANS SANDHILLS
STATE PARK, AND WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BLOWING DUST BRINGS REDUCED VISIBILITY, LEADING TO DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IF DRIVING, AVOID BLOWING DUST IF POSSIBLE. IF CAUGHT IN
DENSE BLOWING DUST, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP
YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE BEHIND THIS DUST
CHANNEL. KEEP UPDATED WITH THIS QUICKLY EVOLVING SITUATION.
LAT...LON 3130 10359 3156 10374 3184 10317 3179 10269
3147 10241
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 187DEG 6KT 3150 10331
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