On Friday May 2, 2008, Lamar Colorado recorded an exceedance of the twenty-four-hour PM10 standard with a concentration of 367 μg/m3 at the Lamar Power Plant. Wind speeds and gust speeds in Lamar exceeded blowing dust criteria, with speeds of 38 to 45 mph and gusts of at 47 to 60 mph for the two-hour period with greatly reduced visibilities during the late morning and early afternoon of May 2.
