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Arizona: Giant Dust Storm Again Moves Through Phoenix Area

07/19/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

PHOENIX (AP) — A giant wall of dust rolled through the Phoenix area on Monday, turning the sky brown, creating dangerous driving conditions and delaying some airline flights.

The dust, also known as a haboob in Arabic and around Arizona, formed in Pinal County and headed northeast, reaching Phoenix at about 5:30 p.m.

The dust wall was about 3,000 feet high and created winds of 25 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to 40 mph, said Austin Jamison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Visibility was down to less than a quarter-mile in some areas, he said.

‘You have suddenly very poor visibilities that come on with all the dense dust in the air,’ he said. ‘With poor visibilities, that makes for dangerous driving conditions and that’s arguably the biggest impact.'” Read more.

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