Two Duststorms within Two days in Arkansas

Saturday I was in Trumann, AR when a severe duststorm blew over, pushing people around in the parking lots. Then, yesterday, Monday, it happened again, around noon time, in Jonesboro, AR, where I live.

There's a town named Caraway, that is about 15 miles south east of Jonesboro, where someone filmed yesterday's sand storm.




youtube.com/watch?v=-6ypeHtaAVg


The thing with these storms are that they are followed by heavy rains. They blew dust and debris around for twenty minutes before the actual rain came. And Saturday, when the rain came, the winds were so strong that they left ten foot dry sections on the other side of buildings that were facing away from the winds.

Another oddity of these storms is that they came from the east instead of the usual direction from the west.

I'm still trying to find wind speeds for these fast four days, but google news seems to have no results...

Last Edited by Nyhee7 on 06/14/2011 05:19 AM