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Dust Storm Warning
ExpiredDona Ana, NM; Otero, NM
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Started about 2 hours ago
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The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for... Southwestern Otero County in south central New Mexico... East central Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 730 PM MDT.
* At 605 PM MDT, a dust channel was 10 miles northwest of McGregor Range Base, moving south at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes Highway 54 in New Mexico between mile markers 1 and 30.
Locations impacted include... Chaparral, White Sands Missile Range Headquarters, Anthony Gap, McGregor Range Base, Aguirre Springs, and Portions of Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument.
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