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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The massive dust storm that swept through Phoenix, Ariz., last night (July 5), reducing visibility to near zero and delaying flights, was a whopper, meteorologists said.
The dust storm is what's called a a haboob (Arabic for "strong wind"). In the United States, haboobs are common in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. But yesterday's haboob was more like something you'd see in the Middle East or other arid regions around the world, said Ken Waters, the warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Phoenix.
"It was mind-boggling, just absolutely amazing," Waters told OurAmazingPlanet. "I've been a meteorologist for years and I've not seen a wall of dust like that."
aters estimated that the storm was up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) tall as it hit Phoenix. The haboob was more like a block of dust with a 100-mile-long (161 kilometers) wall on the leading edge. The dust storm was moving at speeds up of to 50 mph (80 kph) and traveled between 150 to 200 miles (241 to 322 km) from Tucson to Phoenix
The dust storm is what's called a a haboob (Arabic for "strong wind"). In the United States, haboobs are common in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. But yesterday's haboob was more like something you'd see in the Middle East or other arid regions around the world, said Ken Waters, the warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Phoenix.
"It was mind-boggling, just absolutely amazing," Waters told OurAmazingPlanet. "I've been a meteorologist for years and I've not seen a wall of dust like that."
aters estimated that the storm was up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) tall as it hit Phoenix. The haboob was more like a block of dust with a 100-mile-long (161 kilometers) wall on the leading edge. The dust storm was moving at speeds up of to 50 mph (80 kph) and traveled between 150 to 200 miles (241 to 322 km) from Tucson to Phoenix
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