Comments on: Phoenix Haboob!

By: Ted Williams

Ted Williams — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:08:36 +0000

Ted Williams…

How much do you make a year?…

By: David

David — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:31:33 +0000

I think the worst one I can think of last year was one that happened during that long dry spell last summer. We had a dry summer thunderstorm that put out a big downburst, ended up causing a huge multicar pileup with a fatality that shut down a big stretch of highway sw of Lubbock.

By: Dewdrop

Dewdrop — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:38:42 +0000

I’ll take weather over these trees anyday!!! Trade ya!

By: Steve Miller TX

Steve Miller TX — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:54:54 +0000

btw, the most vicious haboob I’ve personally experienced was back in 1996 in the DFW metroplex. Winds were easily over 100mph (I think Addison airport reported a 100mpg gust). There was alot of damage across the area with some of it serious. One hotel in North Dallas had the entire north side with every window blown out.

I think this was probably a gustnado along the leading edge of it because severe damage like that was isolated and compact. I saw one in Lewisville that was as fierce as a tornado with debris swirling up into the air. Where it hit, it caused some serious damage in about a city block area. Think about it….if a gustnado spins 20-30 mph, then one side of it could have 120+mph winds localized.

It all happened so fast with the “gust front” moving 80-100mph. It was an incredible event that I’ll not forget.

The other one was in SD, Dew! It was back in 2005 and was incredible. It was moving at 70-80mph eastward. I could barely keep ahead of it on the interstate!

By: Steve Miller TX

Steve Miller TX — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:45:10 +0000

pffftt….trees schmees…they get in the way of viewing storms! LOL!

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:18:59 +0000

Yeah, you can get these, even smaller versions of them quite often on the plains in the agricultural areas where it’s flat and little in the way of vegetation.

But you guys have something we sorely miss…..TREES!

By: Dewdrop

Dewdrop — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:06:25 +0000

You know, I think I ran across something close to this in SD in June. I was literally blinded by the sand in that outflow boundary and the wind just about knocked me off my feet. Pretty spectacular! We get nothing like that in South Georgia.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:52:53 +0000

Yes we do. One good outflow boundary after a dry period should produce a nice one actually.

By: Steve Miller TX

Steve Miller TX — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:11:29 +0000

[in my Beavis voice] he…hehe….you said “boob”.

That is an awesome sight to be sure. We get those around here sometimes don’t we?