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RFD Winds in Supercell near Noodle, TX

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Storm chasers on a tornado-warned supercell near Noodle, TX drive through hurricane-force rear-flank downdraft winds which are kicking up a rolling wall of red dirt. 6/2/09 5:33 PM CDT

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  • Essentially, it was. Dust storms are caused by gust fronts, which can result from the outflow of rain-cooled air from an intense thunderstorm or from a dry cold front. RFD from a supercell forms a strong gust front when it hits the ground, and if there's dust around, you can get a "rolling wall" just like a classic dust storm. This was a strong supercell-- we had to punch the gust front to avoid getting pounded by 4" hail. It tried really hard to drop a twister but never did.

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  • @12foothedgehog

    im wiiluigi1998 ( i closed my account for this one XD )

    i think it did ( im not sure )

    but yeah, there was a strong microburst as you moved through. I heard someones windshield wipers and the windshield was just broken off and who ever had to drive through this with no windshield

  • that looked alitte like a dust storm lol

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