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Name Date Affected regions Black Sunday: April 14, 1935, during the Dust Bowl: Texas Panhandle to the Oklahoma Panhandle, United States [note 1]: Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977
It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural damage. [2] It is estimated that 300 thousand tons of topsoil were displaced from the prairie area. [3] On the afternoon of April 14, residents of several plains states were forced to take cover as a dust storm or "black blizzard" blew through ...
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported by saltation and suspension, a process that moves soil from one place and deposits it in another.
The Great Bakersfield Dust Storm of 1977 (also known as the Southern San Joaquin Valley Dust Storm) was a severe dust storm in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. ...
The July 1968 United Kingdom thunderstorms were the most severe dust fall thunderstorms in the British Isles for over 200 years. [1] A layer of mineral dust blowing north from the Sahara met cold, wet air over the British Isles, resulting in thick, dense clouds and severe thunderstorms across most of England and Wales.
A sandstorm in Jaisalmer took residents by surprise as they scrambled to capture footage of the unexpected event.
During thunderstorm formation, winds move in a direction opposite to the storm's travel, and they move from all directions into the thunderstorm. When the storm collapses and begins to release precipitation, wind directions reverse, gusting outward from the storm and generally gusting the strongest in the direction of the storm's travel.
Longest lightning bolt: 768 km (477 mi) on 29 April 2020 in the southern United States. [ 328 ] Longest duration for a single lightning flash : 17.1 seconds on 18 June 2020 in Uruguay and northern Argentina .