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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Dust Storm Warning

National Weather Service El Paso TX

426 PM MDT Thu Jun 26 2025



NMC023-262330-

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Hidalgo NM-

426 PM MDT Thu Jun 26 2025



The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a



* Dust Storm Warning for...

  West central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico...



* Until 530 PM MDT.



* At 426 PM MDT, an area of blowing dust was over Steins. 



  HAZARD...Near zero visibility with strong winds up to 50 mph.



  SOURCE...Department of Transportation traffic cameras.



  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.



* This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 1

  and 20.

 

Locations impacted include...

Steins, Road Forks, Lordsburg Playa, 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 3226 10905 3240 10876 3229 10873 3218 10905

TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 180DEG 0KT 3229 10889 



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