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[STORMREPORTS] Texas Dust Storms Cause Fatal Crash, Muddy Rain

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Feb 21 2004 - 16:20:02 EST


Muddy rain was also reported in Ohio by WeatherMatrix Members as the storm
moved northeastward.

Satellite photos of dust:
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/iod.html
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/DSTusNM050_N7.jpg (LARGE)

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=11955

"Winds that gusted up to 63 miles per hour (101 kilometers per hour) pushed
a thick curtain of dust across Western Texas on February 19, 2004. The
storm caused up to 30 car accidents on U.S. Highway 84 near Lubbock, the
Associated Press reported, and forced the road to close for several hours.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra
satellite provides a broad view of the storm at 12:15 pm, U.S. Central
Time. An image taken by the MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite an hour
and a half later shows that the dust had spread over a larger area in
Northern Mexico, but had thinned out in northwestern Texas."

FULL MEDIA STORY:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/7998760.htm
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4325260/ (PHOTOS)

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