Dust Storm — Salt Basin, Texas

2025-04-18 · Salt Basin, Texas

Event narrative

Reports of near zero visibility on social media along US62/180 near Salt Flat.

Wider weather episode

A deep, slow moving upper trough was moving out of the Great Basin and towards the Four Corners region. A 125+ knot jet was located over far west Texas which helped to bring wind gusts to 64 mph to the region and created widespread areas of blowing dust with visibilities under a quarter mile.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1250685. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.