Dust Warning in Beaumont? NWS Says It's Not For Us

This warning was blasted to residents across Riverside County on Wednesday afternoon.

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Beaumont, CA — If your phone suddenly went off this evening warning you of an oncoming dust storm-- don't fret. The National Service says it wasn't meant for you.

"The affected area is near Blythe, Western Riverside is not affected," National Weather Service officials tell Patch. "Riverside County's size messes with the alert system."

The NWS says that the emergency alert system is designed via a county-by-county structure— so if one small pocket of a large county like Riverside is affected by a dust storm, as it was in this case, the rest of us may be alerted by default.

So, for now, no haboob here in Beaumont. Sorry, folks.