Dust Storm in Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

Dust Storm March 18, 2025 · Eddy County Plains, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported blowing dust along US Highway 82 between Hope and Artesia, resulting in near-zero visibility. Traffic was stopped. The time is estimated.

The wider storm

An intense trough digging into the Four Corners region with rapid cyclogenesis over eastern Colorado produced high winds and blowing dust across much of the southern Great Plains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1243281. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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