Aaron Ward, a meteorologist with the Weather Service office in Amarillo said visibility was “nearly zero” in the greater Amarillo region. The Texas Department of Public Safety said it was responding to multiple crashes across the region because of low visibility from clouds of dust.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center warned of "near historic" fire conditions in the Plains.

A dangerous combination of ferocious winds, dry lands and cratering humidity levels are bringing an "extremely critical" fire threat to millions across wide swaths of Texas and Oklahoma on Friday, including multiple urban areas.