Dust Storm Warning for Hidalgo, NM
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- Hidalgo
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What is happening
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... West central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 643 PM MDT, a dust channel was 4 miles northeast of Road Forks, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind...
What the bulletin says to do
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
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Bulletin details
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... West central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 643 PM MDT, a dust channel was 4 miles northeast of Road Forks, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind in excess of 60 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 1 and 17. Locations impacted include... Steins, Road Forks, Lordsburg Playa, and Pyramid Mountains.
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Dust Storm Warning issued August 4 at 6:43PM MDT until August 4 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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