Jun 15, 2022

Blowing Dust causing brownout conditions on Highway 385

Posted Jun 15, 2022 8:38 PM

BY: MIKE GLESINGER                                                                                                           PANHANDLE POST

Box Butte County Sheriff Tammy Mowry is advising motorists, driving on Highway 385 between Alliance and Angora, to please use caution. There are a lot of construction vehicles that are moving on and off the highway, along with road construction in the Angora area,  and with the high winds and other activity, it is causing a lot of blowing dust.   In some places it is almost a brownout with all the dirt in the air, causing very low visibility. Sheriff Mowry is urging drivers to slow down and proceed with caution in these areas.  

The Weather forecast for the next several days is calling for windy conditions to continue, with westerly-northwesterly winds from 15-40 mph.