Dust Storm Warning and Dust Advisory
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service El Paso TX
505 PM MDT Thu Sep 25 2025

NMC023-260100-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DS.W.0146.250925T2305Z-250926T0100Z/
Hidalgo NM-
505 PM MDT Thu Sep 25 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 505 PM MDT, an area of blowing dust was over Steins.

  HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong winds
           around 35 mph.

  SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

* This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 2
  and 20.

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3238 10876 3233 10874 3221 10894 3219 10904
      3225 10904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 246DEG 0KT 3228 10888

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