List of dust storms with visibility of 1/4 mile or less, or meters or less

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Dust storms with minimum visibility reduced to 1/4 mile or less, or meters or less: Date of occurrence, originating geographical region(s), visibility.

Date Originating state region(s), City regions, Country Minimum Visibility
1930s "Dust Bowl" Central United States to Canada Often a few feet (a meter) or less[note 1]
April 14, 1935 "Black Sunday" during the "Dust Bowl" Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma Panhandle, United States[note 2] Often near zero[1]
June 22, 2006 Central and western portions of the South Plains region of Texas[note 2] Near zero[2]
February 24, 2007 Near Lubbock, Texas—and south and southeast of Lubbock—in West Texas, United States[note 2] At times, less than a 1/4 mile. Zero also.[3][4][5]
March 11, 2009 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Few meters[6]
September 23, 2009 "Eastern Australian dust storm" South Australia to inland New South Wales, Australia Meters
July 5, 2011 Southern portion of the Desert Southwest in the state of Arizona, United States[note 3] Zero[7][8]
October 17, 2011 Northeast New Mexico and the Texas South Plains region[note 2] Near zero[9]
July 21, 2012 Gilbert / Phoenix, Arizona, United States[note 3] Zero[10]
September 6, 2012 Phoenix, Arizona, United States[note 3] Less than a quarter of a mile[11]
December 19, 2012 From Lubbock, Texas to Amarillo, Texas, United States[note 2] Near zero[12][13]
May 2013 Antelope Valley, California Zero[14]
  1. ↑ In 1932, there were fourteen Dust Bowl storms with less than a quarter mile visibility. In 1935, there was a Dust Bowl storm with zero visibily in Amarillo, Texas, as stated in The Dust Bowl (film) by Ken Burns, episode 1 on PBS broadcasting.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The prevalent months for a National Weather Service dust storm warning to be issued for a dust storm originating from the Texas South Plains area is during the months of October through June--the least likely being the summer months of July through September.
  3. 1 2 3 The prevalent months for a National Weather Service dust storm warning to be issued for a dust storm originating from the desert Southwest of Arizona is during the months of July through September, which are the general months of monsoonal winds for the area.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Black Sunday (storm)#Personal Accounts of Black Sunday and Dust Storms
  2. ↑ "Strong Outflow Winds and Blowing Dust Across the South Plains on June 22nd, 2006". National Weather Service. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Powerful Storm Brings High Winds, Sand, Dust, and Even Snow 24 February 2007". noaa.gov. 24 February 2007.
  4. ↑ "Dust Storm over Northern Texas". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wind wreaks havoc in area". Abilene ReporterNews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Sparks, Ian. "Pictured: The moment an awe-inspiring desert storm engulfed the Saudi capital". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Major Dust Storm Moves Through Arizona". noaa.gov. July 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ Donovan, Travis (July 6, 2011). "WATCH: Monstrous Dust Storm Swallows Phoenix". Huffington Post.
  9. ↑ "NWS Lubbock, TX, October 17th Haboob - Severe Winds and Blowing Dust". National Weather Service. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "PHOTOS, VIDEO: Giant 'haboob' sand storm sweeps through Arizona". New York Daily News. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Arizona Dust Storm Blankets City". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "High winds wreaking havoc in West Texas headed to Dallas-Fort Worth". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "December Dust Storm - 19 December 2012". National Weather Service - weather.gov. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Death Dust: The valley-fever menace". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

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