Alert archive / New Mexico / Blowing Dust Advisories in 2016
Blowing Dust Advisory 3, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 25, 2016, 4:56 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Hudspeth County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 25, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2016, 4:56 AM MDT (10:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Luna County, NM, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Apr 25, 4:24 AM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:24 AM MDT, 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 6:12 AM MDT, 22 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 612 AM MDT SUN APR 24 2016 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-251215- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 612 AM MDT SUN APR 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN BLOWING DUST LOWERING VISIBILTIES TO 2 MILES IN DUST PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE WINDY WITH SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. THE DUST PRONE LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. WIND GUSTS ALONG EASTERN SLOPES COULD REACH 45 MPH BOTH AFTERNOONS. THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FAUSETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:46 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and 1 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Blowing Dust Advisories in New Mexico, 2016Blowing Dust Advisories in Texas, 2016Every blowing dust advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.