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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
553 PM MDT Tue Apr 1 2025

NMC023-020100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0053.250401T2353Z-250402T0100Z/
Hidalgo NM-
553 PM MDT Tue Apr 1 2025

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

* Dust Storm Warning for...
  West central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 553 PM MDT, an area of blowing dust was over the Lordsburg
  Playa.

  HAZARD...Near zero visibility with strong winds up to 50 mph.

  SOURCE...Department of Transportation Officials.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 1
  and 20.

Locations impacted include...
Lordsburg Playa, Road Forks, Shakespeare, Steins, and Lordsburg.

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!

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LAT...LON 3241 10905 3239 10875 3229 10872 3212 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 180DEG 0KT 3227 10889

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