Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Coke County in west central Texas...
Sterling County in west central Texas...
West central Brown County in west central Texas...
Coleman County in west central Texas...
Southeastern Nolan County in west central Texas...
Northeastern Tom Green County in west central Texas...
Runnels County in west central Texas...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 251 PM CDT, a dust channel extended from western Sterling
County through Coke County, and was moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Highways 87 in Sterling and northwest Tom Green counties, Highway
67 in northeastern Tom Green, Runnels, and Coleman counties, as
well as Highways 83, 277, and 283 in the warned area.
Locations impacted include...
Winters, E.V. Spence Reservoir Near Paint Creek Recreation Area,
Ballinger, Hatchel, Sanco, Bronte, Rowena, Orient, Wingate, Miles,
Silver, Carlsbad, Drasco, Lake Winters Lake, Trickham, and Tennyson.