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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
1211 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
TXC081-235-399-431-451-042015-
/O.NEW.KSJT.DS.W.0002.250304T1811Z-250304T2015Z/
COKE TX-STERLING TX-TOM GREEN TX-RUNNELS TX-IRION TX-
1211 PM CST TUE MAR 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
STERLING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
TOM GREEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN RUNNELS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
IRION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST.
* AT 1208 PM CST, A DUST STORM WAS OBSERVED ACROSS STERLING COUNTY
AND NORTHWEST TOM GREEN COUNTY, MOVING SOUTHEAST.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY ALONG US-
87, US-67, AND US-277
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALL, MERTZON, E.V. SPENCE RESERVOIR NEAR PAINT CREEK RECREATION
AREA, GRAPE CREEK, GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, VERIBEST,
KNICKERBOCKER, ARDEN, THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 208 AND RANCH ROAD
2662, O.C. FISHER RESERVOIR, LAKE NASWORTHY, HARRIET, TANKERSLEY, SAN
ANGELO, ORIENT, SAN ANGELO STATE PARK, TWIN BUTTES RESERVOIR, WATER
VALLEY, SHERWOOD, AND MILES.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A DUST STORM HITS.
VISIBILITY CAN BE LOST IMMEDIATELY, MAKING IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE
TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID STOPPED VEHICLES. DELAY TRAVEL, OR SAFELY EXIT
THE HIGHWAY BEFORE THE DUST STORM ARRIVES.
LAT...LON 3122 10127 3208 10127 3209 10083 3165 10011
3144 10011 3123 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 305DEG 33KT 3148 10052
SK
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