On this day, April 14, 1935, the Black Sunday dust storm blew through Oklahoma and Texas.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Black Sunday (storm)



The "Black Sunday" dust storm approaches Spearman in northern Texas, April 14, 1935.


Black Sunday dust storm approaches Stratford, Texas, on April 14th, 1935.


U.S. Weather Bureau, Beaver, OK, April 1935. Notice the mention of dust storms


U.S. Weather Bureau Surface Analysis at 7:00 am CST on April 15, 1935, just after the Black Sunday dust storm

Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935 as part of the Dust Bowl in the United States. It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and it caused immense economic and agricultural damage. It is estimated to have displaced 300 thousand tons of topsoil from the prairie area.

On the afternoon of April 14, residents of several plains states were forced to take cover as a dust storm or "black blizzard" blew through the region. The storm hit the Oklahoma panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma first, and moved south for the remainder of the day. It hit Beaver, Oklahoma around 4 p.m., Boise City around 5:15, and Amarillo, Texas at 7:20. The conditions were the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, but the storm's effects were also felt in other surrounding areas. The combination of drought, erosion, bare soil, and winds caused the dust to fly freely and at high speeds.

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Fri Apr 14, 2023: On this day, April 14, 1935, the Black Sunday dust storm blew through Oklahoma and Texas.

Thu Apr 14, 2022: 87 Years Ago Today; The Black Sunday Dust Storm

Dennis Donovan posted about this in 2020.

Tue Apr 14, 2020: 85 Years Ago Today; The Black Sunday Dust Storm

[RipVanWinkle]

1. Black Sunday is the name of a 1977 film

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Starring Bruce Dern and a Goodyear blimp. NT

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[Backseat Driver]

2. Meteorologic terms cause religious problems in America's Bible Belt and elsewhere.

The haboob blows through here each year.

I view it with loathing and fear.

Not wind, rain or lightning

Is what I find frightening.

I hate getting dust in my beer.

Ihttps://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2018/08/20/haboob-definition-meaning-name-dust-storm-wind-monsoon/770406002/

[RipVanWinkle]

4. It would rain mud

sometimes, my father told me when he was a boy growing up during the Depression in Nebraska. It was in the 1930’s, Dust Bowl.