Dawson County residents are well acquainted with sand storms during the spring, but this one really got their attention Scattered damage was reported in and around Lamesa as the result of high winds that hit at two different times during a severe dust storm which blew throughout most of the day on Monday. It was the worst so far in a series of dust storms that have swept across the area in recent weeks. A peak wind gust of 73 miles per hour was recorded about 1:35 p.m. Monday at the West Texas Mesonet automated weather station just southeast of Lamesa. That came as ...