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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
316 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

NMZ407-411-417-427>429-TXZ418>421-423-300200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.DU.Y.0015.250329T2116Z-250330T0200Z/
Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin-Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla
Valley-Otero Mesa-West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands-East
Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin-
Western El Paso County-Eastern/Central El Paso County-Northern
Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains-Salt Basin-Rio Grande Valley
of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties-
Including the cities of Sunland Park, Fort Bliss, Fabens,
Chaparral, Loma Linda, Socorro, Dell City, Holloman AFB, West El
Paso, Downtown El Paso, Columbus, Upper Valley, Tornillo, East
and Northeast El Paso, White Sands Range Headquarters, White
Sands National Park, Hueco Tanks, Deming, Crow Flats, Fort
Hancock, Las Cruces, Tularosa, Salt Flat, Vado, Alamogordo,
Cornudas, and Orogrande
316 PM MDT Sat Mar 29 2025

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 8 PM MDT this evening.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways with the greatest risk for dust 
  include:
  I-10 between Las Cruces and El Paso
  US-54 between El Paso and Alamogordo
  NM-11 between Deming and Columbus
  NM-9 between Columbus and Santa Teresa
  Loop 375 in El Paso

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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