NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NMDS.W 0029August 19, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Grant, Hidalgo and Luna, NM
The National Weather Service office in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa issued a dust storm warning for Grant, Hidalgo and Luna in New Mexico, which was in force until 6:15 p.m. local time on August 19. It was the 29th 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, Hidalgo and Luna
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:33 p.m. MDT, August 19, 2026
- Expires
- 6:15 p.m. MDT, August 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KEPZ DS.W 0029
- 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... South central Grant County in southwestern New Mexico... Northwestern Luna County in southwestern New Mexico... Northwestern Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico... * Until 615 PM MDT. * At 532 PM MDT, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 7 miles north of Separ to 11 miles north of Road Forks, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * I-10 near Lordsburg, NM. Locations impacted include... Lordsburg, Steins, Cotton City, Road Forks, Separ, Lordsburg Playa, Pyramid Mountains, and Shakespeare.
What the agency told people to do
Dust storms create dangerous driving conditions with visibility reduced to near zero. If you encounter a dust storm, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. 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.