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WWUS74 KLUB 232156
NPWLUB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
456 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXZ029-035-036-232300-
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/O.NEW.KLUB.DS.W.0002.130523T2156Z-130523T2300Z/
HALE-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINVIEW...LUBBOCK...SLATON...
WOLFFORTH...CROSBYTON...RALLS
456 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM...A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WITH STRONG
  WINDS AND THICK BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND
  WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.

* WINDS...WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITIES AROUND OPEN FIELDS.

* IMPACTS...THICK BLOWING DUST WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE
  27 AND HIGHWAYS 84 AND 87.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

$$

TXZ041-042-232300-
/O.NEW.KLUB.DS.W.0002.130523T2156Z-130523T2300Z/
LYNN-GARZA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TAHOKA...ODONNELL...POST
456 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM...A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WITH STRONG
  WINDS AND THICK BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH AND
  WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS.

* WINDS...WILL GUST UP TO 50 MPH.

* VISIBILITY...WILL DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE WITH NEAR ZERO
  VISIBILITIES AROUND OPEN FIELDS.

* IMPACTS...THICK BLOWING DUST WILL IMPACT TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS 84
  AND 87.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL COULD BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS. PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SHOULD MAKE
PREPARATIONS TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

$$







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