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Blowing Dust Advisory 4, NWS El Paso, TX

April 27, 2016Doña Ana County, Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

NWS El Paso, TX issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 27, 2016, 7:02 PM MDT for Doña Ana County, Grant County, Hidalgo County, New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 28, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2016, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2016, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 28, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS El Paso, TX

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:24 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 6:52 AM MDT, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
652 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016

NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-281300-
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-
652 AM MDT WED APR 27 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. IT WILL BE BREEZY
AND SOMEWHAT WINDY THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME LOCAL MINOR DUST
IS EXPECTED...BLOWING DUST IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTING TO
TRAVEL SAFETY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MORE STRONG WINDS AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AND SUNDAY. BOTH DAYS WILL
SEE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED. FINALLY
MINOR DAMAGE TO LIGHT STRUCTURES ALSO POSSIBLE. SLIGHT RISK FOR
MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT
COVERAGE WILL BE ISOLATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

BIRD

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.