160-km wide dust storm blankets Texas Panhandle, US
Image credit: TW
Strong winds associated with a cold front picked up dust and debris and created a heavy, 160-km (100 miles) wide dust storm that blanketed much of Texas Panhandle late April 5/April 6, 2016.
NWS Amarillo forecaster Nicholas Fenner said the storm threw dust about 610 meters (2 000 feet) into the air. The storm reached as far north as Oklahoma Panhandle and as far south as Lubbock, Texas before it dissipated.
There were no reports of any road closures or anyone hurt from the dust storm.
Duststorm evolving along the leading edge of a cold front sweeps through Oklahoma and Texas @WMOnews @AEMET_Esp pic.twitter.com/3a34ctGhPb
— Barcelona Dust (@Dust_Barcelona) April 6, 2016
Strong winds associated w/a cold front moving thru TX Panhandle picking up dust & debris can be seen on radar. #phwx pic.twitter.com/cPAeL4IQyN
— NWS Amarillo (@NWSAmarillo) April 6, 2016
Quite the dust storm in the Panhandle today along the cold front (from a Mesonet fan near Texhoma)! #okwx #okmesonet pic.twitter.com/ns1iWr3Q7s
— Oklahoma Mesonet (@okmesonet) April 6, 2016
Amarillo, TX: night view of a sandstorm Pic @the_blakebrown_ via @meteofrance @WMOnews @AEMET_Esp @BSC_CNS pic.twitter.com/SBN9SloVGh
— Barcelona Dust (@Dust_Barcelona) April 6, 2016
Featured image courtesy of Oklahoma Mesonet
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