PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
113 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2003

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS AROUND WEST MICHIGAN ABOUT A RED
DIRT OR DUST BEING DEPOSITED ON VEHICLES ALONG WITH THE RAIN THIS
MORNING.

THE RED DIRT/DUST WAS PICKED UP BY STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS (GUSTS TO
55 TO 65 MPH FOR 3 TO 5 HOURS) IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPED OVER THE PLAINS
STATES. THE DIRT WAS CARRIED ALOFT INTO THE LOW PRESSURE CIRCULATION
WHICH THEN MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING.