March 6, 2023 - Dust in Texas and Mexico

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On the morning of March 2, 2023, strong winds raked southern Texas and
Mexico, picking up dust from the dry plains to create widespread dust
storms. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on
board NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a true-color image that same day.

A dusty haze hangs over southern Texas, U.S.A. north of the Big Bend of
the Rio Grande. South of the Rio Grande, more defined and thicker
plumes of tan dust rise from sandy areas near the edge of Mexico’s
Chihuahuan Desert. Dust, mixed with cloud, fills the southeastern
section of the image, covering parts of both Mexico and Texas.

At the time this image was acquired, the U.S. National Weather Service
had already issued a warning for the Southwest and Southern Plains,
“Thursday and Thursday night: An intensifying system is expected to
produce significant severe storms and heavy rain that could cause flash
flooding.” By the afternoon of Thursday, March 2, tornado warnings were
issued, followed by several reports of tornadoes in Northern Texas and
one in Louisiana.

This severe weather outbreak followed on the heels of a larger and even
more potent severe winter storm that triggered tornadoes across
Oklahoma on February 26 and injured at least 12 people. High winds also
triggered a widespread dust storm across Mexico and Texas ahead of the
tornado outbreak on that day—and that dust event was captured by NASA’s
Earth Observatory. An image and description of the February 26 dust
outbreak can be viewed by clicking here

Image Facts
Satellite: Aqua
Date Acquired: 3/2/2023
Resolutions: 1km (293.7 KB), 500m (736.8 KB), 250m (1.2 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC



https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-03-06

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