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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
444 AM MST THU JAN 19 2006

...HIGH WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING TO THE NORTH AND SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CAUSE STRONG
WINDS OVER THE REGION TODAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING DUST. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH AND LOCALLY OVER
50 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND ALONG EASTERN SLOPES.

NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-191945-
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SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION-
TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN-
SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...
ALAMOGORDO...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON...LORDSBURG...
DEMING...LAS CRUCES...EL PASO...SIERRA BLANCA...DELL CITY
444 AM MST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MIDDAY WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY
THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES...AND ALONG EAST FACING SLOPES. AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST ARE LIKELY OVER THE LOWER DESERTS WITH VISIBILITY AT
TIMES LESS THAN 1 MILE.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. ALL MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF POOR
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SAND AND DUST. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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