Dust Storm — Randall County, Texas

2025-03-18 · Randall County, Texas

Event narrative

Interstate 27 is closed due to low

visibility in blowing dust between Canyon

and Happy. Traffic is being diverted to U.S.

Highway 87.

Wider weather episode

On March 18th, we had our last high wind, blowing dust, and extreme critical fire danger event of the month. Strong winds and multi wildfires occurred on the day of the 18th. Fire Warnings were issued in Dallam county for a fire on the northside of the county, and in Hutchison county when a fire broke out on the westside of Borger. The strongest winds actually transpired overnight into the early morning hours of the 19th due to an upper level meteorological feature that moved across the region called a sting jet. This extratropical cyclone brought strong +70 mph winds overnight and strong winds continued into the 19th alongside critical fire danger until relative humidity values finally recovered later in the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248553. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.