Blowing dust in northeastern Arkansas
Strong southwesterly winds (gusting as high as 39 knots or 45 mph) created areas of blowing dust that reduced visibility to near zero and caused 2 incidents of multiple-vehicle accidents (NWS Local Storm Reports) near Portia in northeastern Arkansas on 10 April 2016. GOES-13 (GOES-East) Visible (0.63 um) images (above) showed the faint hazy signature... Read More