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Dust Storm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 3, 2025Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this dust storm warning at Mar 3, 2025, 4:28 PM MST for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2025, 4:28 PM MST (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2025, 6:30 PM MST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 dust storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Mar 3, 4:23 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 4:23 PM MST, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 12:29 AM MST	High Wind Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more	13 hr
Mar 3, 1:17 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more	11 hr
Mar 3, 1:17 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 13 more	18 hr
Mar 3, 11:54 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more	30 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Reeves	7 hr

Nearby

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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.