The dust storm or “haboob” formed from the outflow of severe storms which unleashed flash flooding, damaging winds and hail.
The National Weather Service in El Paso shared satellite imagery of a massive haboob heading across southern New Mexico on June 20. A massive dust storm caused by severe thunderstorms carved a path more than 200 miles long through portions of New Mexico and northern Mexico on Wednesday, resulting in dangerously low visibility and multiple car crashes. Scientists were astonished by the size and strength of the storm as satellite imagery captured the giant wall of dust in stunning detail.
The dust storm, known as a “haboob,” was generated by winds flowing away from a major thunderstorm outbreak in central New Mexico that producedAerial photographs of the haboob revealed dramatic views of the bow-shaped towering wall of dust: Just saw a MASSIVE wall of dust engulfing New Mexico from 30,000 feet up 🤯 Crazy to see a haboob from this POV“Largest haboob I’ve observed in 20 years or perhaps longer,” Tom Gill, an environmental scientist at the University of Texas at El Paso,along the leading edge of the dust storm. The combination of low visibility and strong winds led to a multicar pileup that closed Interstate-25 near Algodones, N.M.
Extreme hail drifts and flash flooding 3 miles southeast of Willard, NM. Road washed out and impassible with cars stuck. Whole valley is flooded with hail and water! Highway 42 southeast of Willard, NM.Scientists call the type of dust storm that occurred Wednesday a “haboob.” Not all dust storms are considered haboobs. The American Meteorological Societycaused by strong winds” that often lofts sand or dust as high as 5,000 feet, “resulting in a ‘wall of dust’ … that can be visually stunning.
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