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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM

Issued by National Weather Service Albuquerque NM

650 PM MDT Thu May 8 2025



NMZ428-429-090200-

/O.NEW.KEPZ.DU.Y.0022.250509T0050Z-250509T0200Z/

East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo-Southeast Tularosa Basin-

Including the cities of Alamogordo, Holloman AFB, Orogrande, and

Tularosa

650 PM MDT Thu May 8 2025



...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...



* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust.



* WHERE...East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo and Southeast 

  Tularosa Basin.



* WHEN...Until 8 PM MDT this evening.



* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Portions of US-54 south of Alamogordo, and 

  US-70 west of Alamogordo will be affected by areas of blowing dust.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see 

it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your 

vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off 

the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'.



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