Dust Storm — Carson, Texas

2015-05-27 · Carson, Texas

Event narrative

Shortly after 4:30 PM CDT, outflow from thunderstorms moved north reaching Interstate 40 west of Groom. Despite recent rains, the wind was able to loft dust reducing visibility causing a multiple vehicle chain reaction accident eastbound near mile marker 102 involving one SUV and five tractor trailers. The accident resulted in one fatality.

Wider weather episode

One of the more active severe weather days of the spring season brought large hail, bigger than baseballs in some cases, flooding, and tornadoes to the Texas Panhandle. One persistent intense supercell moved slowly across Hemphill County near Canadian and produced three tornadoes, one of which caused three injuries and was rated EF-2. Flooding from this slow moving storm closed Highway 83 north of Canadian during the evening. More flooding occurred further south in Armstrong County which caused road closures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 582211. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.