NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMDS.W 0026August 5, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Grant and Hidalgo, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a dust storm warning for Grant and Hidalgo in New Mexico, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on August 5. It was the 26th dust storm warning the NWS office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued in 2026. New Mexico had 7 dust storm warnings in August 2026, against 1 in an average August of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's dust storm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 42 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
- Area
- Grant and Hidalgo
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:48 p.m. MDT, August 5, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. MDT, August 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEPZ DS.W 0026
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Southern Grant County in southwestern New Mexico... Central Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 730 PM MDT. * At 648 PM MDT, a dust channel was near Lordsburg, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes Interstate 10 in New Mexico between mile markers 9 and 44. Locations impacted include... Lordsburg, Separ, Lordsburg Playa, Pyramid Mountains, and Shakespeare.
What the agency told people to do
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.