Headline:
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
Event:
Dust Storm Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 4, 2026 - 5:43pm
Expires:
August 4, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description:
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.
Instruction:
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
Area Description:
Hidalgo, NM
Forcast Office:
NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov