EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The National Weather Service issued a blowing dust advisory in El Paso until 7 p.m. on Friday, April 10.
NWS is forecasting wind speeds, blowing south, of 17 mph with gusts reaching nearly 30 mph. The weather agency reported that a haboob approached their office in Santa Teresa, New Mexico just before 5 p.m. “It should move across the El Paso area between 5 to 5:15 with winds of 30 to 40 mph and visibilities of less than a mile possible,” meteorologists posted on X.
Haboob (NWS El Paso)
Showers are hitting neighborhoods in East El Paso, and many roadways appear slick. Residents in West El Paso shares photos of a large dust storm looming near the intersection of South Desert and Transmountain.
Photo courtesy of Karl Madeja
Photo courtesy of Jerry Oaks
Photo courtesy of Jerry Oaks
KTSM 9 viewer Xochitl Nanetti took a photo showing the rain in El Paso Lower Valley. She described the weather in her neighborhood writing, “Deep water and air bubbles forming on the roads in Lower Valley at 5:15 pm. Ground is saturated and visibility is low.”
The NWS is forecasting 50 percent of showers before 11 p.m. Friday, along with patchy blowing dust before 9 p.m.
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