Blowing Dust Advisory

BLOWING DUST ADVISORY
NWS EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
226 AM MDT WED APR 2 2025

NMZ404-407-410-411-417-427>429-TXZ418>424-030400-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DU.Y.0017.250402T1800Z-250403T0400Z/
1200 PM MDT WED APR 2 2025
Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley NM-Southwest Desert/Mimbres
Basin NM-Northern Dona Ana County NM-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla
Valley NM-Otero Mesa NM-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands
NM-East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo NM-Southeast Tularosa Basin
NM-Western El Paso County TX-Eastern/Central El Paso County
TX-Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains TX-Salt Basin
TX-Southern Hudspeth Highlands TX-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El
Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties TX-Rio Grande Valley of Eastern
Hudspeth County TX-

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust
expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest New Mexico and
southwest Texas.

* WHEN...From noon today to 10 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Subsequent Dust Storm Warnings may be issued
for visibility less than a quarter mile.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Persons with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay
indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in
visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing
sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far
as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the
way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull
Aside,
Stay Alive'.

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