Thunderstorm outflow winds created areas of blowing dust reducing visibilities to under a quarter mile on the Lordsburg Playa.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Thunderstorm outflow winds created areas of blowing dust reducing visibilities to under a quarter mile on the Lordsburg Playa.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
NMDOT Road cameras showed visibilities under a quarter mile across the Lordsburg Playa due to blowing dust.
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Every storm in New Mexico in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, September 2023
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1142114.