Dust Storm, Southwest Desert/Boothill
- When
- June 14, 1:15 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Desert/Boothill forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Dust Storm in New Mexico, June 14, 1998
Dust, originating from normally dry lake bed, significantly reducred visibility on Interstate 10 between Lordsburg and the Arizona state line. There were two traffic fatalities indirectly caused by the poor visibility in blowing dust.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Dust, originating from normally dry lake bed, significantly reducred visibility on Interstate 10 between Lordsburg and the Arizona state line. There were two traffic fatalities indirectly caused by the poor visibility in blowing dust.
Event by event
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, June 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, June 14, 1998
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 14, 1998
- Flooding in Maine, June 14 to 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 14, 1998
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5650621.