Apocalyptic Sandstorm in Phoenix, Arizona D: July 5, 2011

scared D: keep that ish away from Tucson!!
http://www.phoenixvis.net --- Phoenix visibility weather webcams.. (Camelback Mountain cam = UFO hotspot)
on the upside, there is a kee meow @ 05:18....

"A massive dust storm descended on the Phoenix area,
drastically reducing visibility and delaying flights as strong winds downed trees and left thousands of residents without power.

The dust cloud that moved across the Phoenix valley Tuesday night had formed in an afternoon storm in the Tucson area, and then rolled north across the desert before sweeping over the city like an enormous wave, said National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Iniguez.

Radar data showed the storm's towering dust wall had reached as high as 8,000 to 10,000 feet, or nearly 2 miles, he said.

"This was pretty significant," Iniguez told The Associated Press. "We heard from a lot of people who lived here for a number of storms and this was the worst they'd seen."

By the time the dust cloud neared the metropolitan area, it had started to dissolve but it still towered over the city with a wall of at least 5,000 feet, according to the weather service.

KSAZ-TV in Phoenix reported the storm appeared to be roughly wide in some spots. It briefly covered the city's downtown at around nightfall. The storm was part of the Arizona monsoon season, which typically starts in mid June and lasts through September.

The National Weather Service says strong winds with gusts of up to more than 60 mph in some places rapidly moved the dust cloud northwest through Phoenix and the surrounding cities of Avondale, Tempe and Scottsdale. More than a dozen communities in the area also were placed under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. Some 8,000 Salt River Project utility customers were left without power, KNXV-TV reported late Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration said on its website that because of low visibility in the area, no Phoenix-bound flights were allowed to leave Las Vegas or Los Angeles airports until 9 p.m., and flights at the airport were delayed for about an hour."
http://www.khou.com/video/featured-videos/Sandstorm-moves-over-Phoenix-area-1...
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"The word "haboob" comes from the Arabic word habb, meaning "wind." A haboob is a wall of dust as a result of a microburst or downburst. The air forced downward is pushed forward by the front of a thunderstorm cell, dragging dust and debris with it, as it travels across the terrain.

Haboobs occur mostly during the summer months in Phoenix, but are not restricted to the monsoon period. These dust storms are much more serious than dust devils. The wind during a haboob is usually up to about 30 mph (TRY 80+MPH!! 07-07-2011) and dust can rise high into the air as it blows over the Valley. A haboob can last for up to three hours.

Phoenix experiences various degrees of dust storms, but the haboob is the largest and most dangerous. According to the National Weather Service, Phoenix experiences on average about 3 haboobs per year during the months of June through September."
http://phoenix.about.com/od/arizonamonsoon/qt/haboob.htm

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[tougenokaibutsu]

what is wrong with your kids america? they are terrified of anything real :(

[Sheilaaliens]

@tougenokaibutsu She wasn't prepared at all to handle that sitch if it were a real tornado... should we pull over? no you outrun it - all the way to california cause that was a good idea :P

[tougenokaibutsu]

@Sheilaaliens

or you could explain to her that its just a dust storm?

[Sheilaaliens]

@tougenokaibutsu if you want to raise your kids like that.. j/k:p

[ChauferoMack]

What song is that playing as the background?

[Sheilaaliens]

@ChauferoMack i've tried to find the name but i'm not sure, sorry.. it is dubstep.. i recorded it live from filth.fm

[billyo31989]

Daddy, drive to California!

[chambers104]

nobody panic it's just a dust storm...lolthose kids were funny..daddy drive to california!

[oceaniclostt]

es increible,espero no pase esto nunca en españa jajajajajaja

[SoCalWeatherIsCrap]

Southern California and Arizona are little slices of hell on earth. Along with Somalia, Zimbabwe, Libya, Iraq, and Syria.

[999kannon]

I have never seen a dust storm like this before. I wonder if the g. used the HAARP for this. It lasted for almost 4 hours in the Phoenix area.

[Mushykittylovesmith]

its a little kid asshole so stop picking on americanss we r twice as good as anyother place so stop being such a bitch and go bomb someone

[JACKSTER809]

Some americans really need to learn basic knowledge about weather and stuff seriously! So sick of watching americans overreacting about what they think things are and if its not that thing they don't no what it is geeze!

[SanLuisAz12345]

the mom keeps saying its ok & theen says I THINK IT IS A TORNADO , buut its okei ... (x

[ceebone21673]

did ne1 see the lights at the end while the dust was blowin over ........?

[CanisLupus322]

@chomper64 haha horrible but so funny

[KingManIce]

Oh yeah and low visibility and high winds