Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
714 PM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014

NMZ523-529-532>539-120230-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
714 PM MDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING DUST MOVING SOUTHWEST OVER THE PLAINS...

AT 710 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COLD FRONT PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
BLOWING DUST ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR SANTA ROSA TO FORT SUMNER...AND
ELIDA...MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES ALONG THE DUST
FRONT WILL FALL TO NEAR ONE HALF MILE...THEN IMPROVE TO BETWEEN 1 AND
2 MILES BEHIND THE FRONT. AREAS DOWNWIND OF DUST PRONE AREAS LIKE
OPEN FIELDS AND CONSTRUCTION AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE VISIBILITIES AS LOW
AS A FEW HUNDREDS YARDS. DUST WILL MOVE INTO THE ROSWELL AREA BY 8
PM. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING
ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 40...HIGHWAYS
60 AND 70...AND HIGHWAY 285.

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