Dust Storm in New Mexico, July 13, 1998

Name: Dust Storm in New Mexico, July 13, 1998
Start: 1998-07-13T15:30
End: 1998-07-13T16:00
Location: New Mexico

July 13, 1998 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 8
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Storm, Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw

When: July 13, 3:30 PM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where: Chaves County Plains / Chaves Except X Sw forecast zone
Injuries: 8 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

A sudden and localized dust storm along Highway 70-380 about 5-8 miles west of Roswell caused a six car pileup in low visibilities. At least 2 people required hospitalisation with 6 other minor injures. The dust was aggravated by gusty winds of 25-30 mph blowing over nearby fire-scorched rangeland.

What these are

Dust Storm: Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, July 1998

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5661981.