Did a Recent Dust Storm in Arizona Cause Disruptions for Airline Flights?

[Evo]

Did this affect any of our members?

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/time-lapse-amazing-phoenix-dust-storm-21209

 

[Ryan_m_b]

Did this affect any of our members?

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/time-lapse-amazing-phoenix-dust-storm-21209

BBC news announced that 20k people were out of power!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14041973

 

[rhody]

Did this affect any of our members?

http://www.weather.com/outlook/videos/time-lapse-amazing-phoenix-dust-storm-21209

Holy crap, it looks like a massive warhead went off, that is truly freaky... Does anyone have a good scientific explanation, wind currents, etc ?

Rhody...

 

[hypatia]

Cool looking, I was in a sand storm in the middle east many years ago. It was not fun.

 

[dlgoff]

When I was taking Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, I wondered "why did they issued goggles". One day I saw what looked a wall cloud coming and expected rain. No; it was goggle time.

I fell sorry for the folks in the path of a dust(or sand) storm.

 

[GeorginaS]

That is one of the most incredible weather-type things I've seen in a very long time.

 

[mege]

Has anyone seen any aerial/space images for this? I've done a few quick searches and can't find any :(
My sister was at New Mexico State (nearish to White Sands) when a dust storm rolled through there several years ago and I remember following it on sat images.

 

[rhody]

It just happened again...

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/2011-07-19-phoenix-dust-storm_n.htm"

The dust wall was about 3,000 feet high and created winds of 25 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to 40 mph, said Austin Jamison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Visibility was down to less than a quarter-mile in some areas, he said.

and

Incoming flights from nearby cities including Los Angeles were being held until the storm cleared, she said. She did not know how many flights were delayed or whether any were canceled.

Another giant dust storm in Arizona caught worldwide attention on July 5. That storm brought a mile-high wall of dust that halted airline flights, knocked out power for hundreds of people and turned swimming pools into mud pits.

Jamison said Monday's storm was not as powerful or as large as the last one, and didn't last as long.

"It's kind of like a ripple in a pond where it spreads out, slows down and fades out," he said.

Rhody...