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Title: Rare Haboob Rips Through Northern Plains
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/r ... b-rips-through-northern-plains
Published: May 13, 2022
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2022-05-13 20:29:59 by Horse
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Views: 271
Comments: 7

Parts of the Northern Plains experienced a rare weather phenomenon on Thursday evening called a "haboob."

A haboob is a dust storm commonly seen in deserts, though one was spotted sweeping across parts of Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

While the Northern Plains doesn't have deserts, there's been plenty of dust following a megadrought that has consumed parts of the Central US.

NWS Sioux Falls @NWSSiouxFalls

63 mph wind gust here at the office shortly after 4 pm, but many reports of 80+ mph across the region with significant structural damage and trees down!! Please let us know what happened in your area.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524903231771627527

This is on the westside of Sioux Falls from our front yard.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524889465742938135

Shawn Hinnant @Shawnerrific

Wow! Look at all that dust getting kicked up #SDWX @TylerJRoney #wx @Ginger_Zee

Today in Sioux Falls SD https://youtu.be/G5tyORIrqg8

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524877102813700096

Parts of the Northern Plains experienced a rare weather phenomenon on Thursday evening called a "haboob."

A haboob is a dust storm commonly seen in deserts, though one was spotted sweeping across parts of Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota.

While the Northern Plains doesn't have deserts, there's been plenty of dust following a megadrought that has consumed parts of the Central US.

The National Weather Service tweeted footage of a fast-moving haboob traversing Sioux Falls, South Dakota, transforming the day instantly into the night.

Twitter users in Sioux Falls captured insane footage of the dust storm.

The haboob was also spotted in Little Rock, Iowa. A local news team was trapped in their vehicle with zero visibility as the dust rolled through.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1524883334291152903

A weather satellite picked up the haboob sweeping across Nebraska.

The weather event on Thursday in parts of the Northern Plains is super rare and appears similar to dust storms during the 'Dust Bowl' era of the 1930s. Farmers in the region are battling either arid conditions or soggy fields, suggesting crop production could be underwhelming this growing season, adding to food inflation pressures for grains. (3 images)

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#1. To: Horse (#0)

A haboob is a dust storm commonly seen in deserts

Interesting. I lived in a desert for a while, but I've never seen or heard that word before.

StraitGate  posted on  2022-05-13   21:14:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: StraitGate (#1)

Interesting. I lived in a desert for a while, but I've never seen or heard that word before.

It's what happens when I try to sweep my storage unit that I call a house.

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Esso  posted on  2022-05-13   21:18:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Horse (#0)

Looks like something outta the Dust Bowl, back when. Wow.

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Lod  posted on  2022-05-13   21:35:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Horse, StraitGate, Esso (#0)

My boss lives in Dubuque IA, she said some sort of windstorm hit them yesterday. I had never heard the term she used, but pretty sure it wasn't haboob - I would have remember that (lol). Must have been related, but she only mentioned extreme winds (80-100mph), like a hurricane with no eye.

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Dakmar  posted on  2022-05-13   21:36:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Lod (#3)

I hate to plug PBS, but the Ken Burns Dust Bowl documentary is really good.

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Dakmar  posted on  2022-05-13   21:39:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: StraitGate (#1)

I lived in deserts too. I also lived in West Texas up towards Amarillo. We had dust storms. I remember reading about a dust storm where it started raining so it rained mud.

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Horse  posted on  2022-05-14   3:08:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Dakmar (#5) (Edited)

Whatever else, Ken does superb documentaries, I REALLY enjoyed Country Music, eight years in the making, but he was a little slow, too slow, to interview George Jones.

“ On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2022-05-14   9:21:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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