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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
322 PM MDT Sun Aug 31 2025

NMC023-312200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0145.250831T2122Z-250831T2200Z/
Hidalgo NM-
322 PM MDT Sun Aug 31 2025

The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a

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

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 321 PM MDT, a dust channel was over Lordsburg, moving south at
  20 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 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 1
  and 33.

Locations impacted include...
Lordsburg, Cotton City, Steins, Road Forks, Lordsburg Playa, Granite
Gap, Pyramid Mountains, and Shakespeare.

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 3236 10854 3208 10854 3205 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 011DEG 17KT 3234 10872

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