Dust Advisory — El PasoDust Advisory — El Paso
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Dust Advisory left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Disaster Watch. The official record named El Paso. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Aug 31, 2026 · 7:46 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Aug 31, 2026 · 9:16 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 1 hour, 29 minutes
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Named areas
- El Paso
- Official expiration
- Aug 31, 2026 · 9:15 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Dust Advisory
- Affected Texas areas
- El Paso
- Effective
- 2026-08-31T18:41:00-06:00
- Expires
- 2026-08-31T20:15:00-06:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving
conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in
dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
Latest official-source information
The National Weather Service in El Paso has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Southeastern Dona Ana County in south central New Mexico...
El Paso County in western Texas...
* Until 815 PM MDT.
* At 641 PM MDT, an area of blowing dust was over West El Paso,
moving north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong winds up to 40
mph.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 in New Mexico near mile marker 164.
Interstate 10 in Texas between mile markers 1 and 61.
Locations impacted include...
West El Paso, East El Paso, Central El Paso, Northeast El Paso, Far
East El Paso, Mission Valley, Tornillo, Fabens, Clint, Horizon City,
Santa Teresa, Anthony, Sunland Park, Indian Cliffs Ranch, Canutillo,
San Elizario, Anthony Gap, Vinton, Westway, and Fort Bliss.
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
This record is derived from an official public source. Texas Hazard Watch preserves and organizes it but does not replace the issuing authority.