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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
204 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
NMC025-TXC003-103-135-173-227-317-329-335-383-461-475-495-152100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.DS.W.0002.260315T1904Z-260315T2100Z/
LEA NM-GLASSCOCK TX-ANDREWS TX-WARD TX-MIDLAND TX-CRANE TX-ECTOR TX-
MITCHELL TX-REAGAN TX-WINKLER TX-MARTIN TX-HOWARD TX-UPTON TX-
204 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
ANDREWS COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
REAGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
WINKLER COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
MARTIN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT/300 PM MDT/.
* AT 203 PM CDT/103 PM MDT/, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF JAL AIRPORT TO NEAR ODESSA TO NEAR
GARDEN CITY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 206.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDLAND, ODESSA, BIG SPRING, ANDREWS, MONAHANS, KERMIT, WINK,
GREENWOOD, GARDEN CITY, STANTON, COAHOMA, GOLDSMITH, FORSAN, SAND
SPRINGS, LOMAX, LENORAH, MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT,
LUTHER, WEST ODESSA, AND WESTBROOK.
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 3209 10100 3209 10126 3133 10127 3124 10130
3142 10244 3174 10327 3209 10306 3252 10306
3242 10203 3252 10105 3215 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 041DEG 31KT 3224 10317 3192 10233 3180 10148
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