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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
533 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2024
TXC103-135-329-461-172315-
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ECTOR TX-MIDLAND TX-CRANE TX-UPTON TX-
533 PM CDT WED JUL 17 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.
* AT 532 PM CDT, A DUST CHANNEL WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRANE,
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
THIS INCLUDES US HIGHWAY 385 AND STATE HIGHWAY 349.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRANE, MCCAMEY, RANKIN, MIDKIFF, CRANE COUNTY AIRPORT, UPTON COUNTY
AIRPORT, KING MOUNTAIN, AND CORDONA LAKE.
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!
LAT...LON 3108 10239 3113 10243 3121 10244 3126 10251
3126 10259 3133 10267 3132 10269 3166 10254
3167 10178 3108 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 039DEG 24KT 3153 10205
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