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WWUS55 KVEF 172358
DSWVEF
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
458 PM PDT SUN MAY 17 2026
CAC027-NVC023-180100-
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INYO CA-NYE NV-
458 PM PDT SUN MAY 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INYO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...
SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA...
* UNTIL 600 PM PDT.
* AT 456 PM PDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS 7 MILES SOUTH OF FURNACE CREEK,
MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH DAMAGING WIND IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
SOURCE...DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAHRUMP, STOVEPIPE WELLS, FURNACE CREEK, SHOSHONE, PANAMINT SPRINGS,
TEXAS SPRINGS CAMPGROUND, LATHROP WELLS, DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION,
AMARGOSA VALLEY, AND TECOPA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 3659 11611 3633 11592 3592 11591 3581 11705
3643 11760 3688 11708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 356DEG 23KT 3632 11683
SC
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