Arkansas: Dust to replace the day’s storms
DARBY WHAT’S THE LATEST? >> ALL RIGHT. LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. THE STORMS HAVE KIND OF STARTED TO CALM DOWN, BUT HERE COMES THE DUST. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL DAY. THIS IS COMING FROM NEW MEXICO HERE, FOLKS. IT’S COMING FROM THE DESERT PANHANDLE OF TEXAS. NEW MEXICO GOT BLOWN ACROSS OKLAHOMA, DROPPED VISIBILITY TO INCREDIBLY LOW LEVELS OUT THERE, AND STILL REALLY LOW OUT THERE. IT’S MUCH WORSE IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THAN IT IS HERE, BUT WE CAN SEE HOW THE IT’S BLOTTING OUT THE SUN HERE AS THIS DUST COMES INTO SPRINGDALE JUST KIND OF BLASTS ON IN. THIS IS A PROBLEM IN TWO WAYS. VISIBILITY COULD GET PARTICULARLY LOW LATER ON TONIGHT AS THE PARTICULARLY DENSE DUST GETS IN. BUT IT ALSO IS A PROBLEM FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE ALLERGIES TO IT AND ALL OF THAT. NOW, THE STORMS THAT WE HAD MOVING THROUGH BENTON COUNTY EARLIER REALLY BENTONVILLE HIGHFILL AREA AROUND CAVE SPRINGS. TANEYTOWN. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT GOT HAMMERED. I MEAN, JUST ONE STORM AFTER THE NEXT SEVERAL STORMS, PROBABLY PRODUCING HAIL OVER THE SAME LOCATION. AND WE CERTAINLY HAD HAIL OVER, OVER RODGERS. WE HAD WIND DAMAGE. WE HAD WIND GUSTS TO 60MPH. INCREDIBLE STUFF. EVEN HIGHER, POSSIBLY. NOW WE’RE SEEING THIS OVER GARFIELD. IT’S ABOUT TO EXIT INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. NOW WE COULD GET ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY LATER ON TONIGHT, BUT I’M NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW. LOOK AT THAT DUST COMING IN OVER RODGERS. NOW. PRETTY WILD, ISN’T IT? AND THAT’S ACTUALLY NOT EVEN THE THICKEST DUST. THE REALLY THICK STUFF IS STILL OFF TO THE WEST OF US. AND THAT WILL COME IN LATER ON THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR US IN THE RIVER VALLEY, SEEING SOME SHOWERS, TRYING TO POP UP DOWN THERE TOWARDS SCOTT COUNTY, BUT OTHERWISE THE PRIMARY SHOW HERE UP INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI, THAT’S GOING TO CLEAR US HERE PRETTY QUICKLY. YEAH, 50 TO 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS BETWEEN JUST THE REALLY STRONG WINDS THAT WE’VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACTUALLY NOW 54, WE JUST GOT REPORT FROM FAYETTEVILLE’S DRAKE FIELD. A LOT OF THIS NOT EVEN FROM THE STORM, SOME OF IT FROM THE STORM. SO A MIXTURE OF BOTH IN THE RIVER VALLEY, SOME NEAR 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS FOR US TODAY AS WELL. THE WINDS STILL BLOWING. YOU CAN SEE THE DUST COMING INTO FORT SMITH TO VISIBILITY IS GOING TO DROP, AND THEY’RE GOING TO GET LOWER AND LOWER LATER ON TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY BEING NIGHT TIME. BUT WHEN YOU ADD IN THAT THAT DUST, IT’S GOING TO MAKE VISIBILITY PARTICULARLY POOR LATER ON TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE STARTING TO GET EAST OF US BY ABOUT 7:00 PM. BY SEVEN. I THINK WHATEVER RISK THERE IS, IS EAST OF OUR AREA. IT’S STILL GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH FRANKLIN, JOHNSON, LOGAN COUNTIES. THESE AREAS ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AND THEN MADISON, CARROLL COUNTY TOO. BUT AGAIN BY 7 P.M., MOSTLY CLEARING OUR AREA BY TOMORROW MORNING. LOOKING A LOT QUIETER, A COOLER WEEKEND AHEAD. WE’LL TALK MORE AB
Arkansas: Dust to replace the day’s storms
Updated: 6:08 PM CDT Mar 14, 2025
Friday’s storms are gone, but dust is blowing in from New Mexico. Watch the videocast above to learn more.The dust was strong enough to blot out the sun over Springdale at about 6 p.m.7-Day Forecast River Valley | 7-Day Forecast Northwest Arkansas | Interactive Radar | Live SkycamsFollow Us For Weather & Traffic:Darby: Facebook | XDrake: Facebook | XMajestic: Facebook | XMelissa: Facebook | XWilliam: Facebook | X
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. —Friday’s storms are gone, but dust is blowing in from New Mexico. Watch the videocast above to learn more.
The dust was strong enough to blot out the sun over Springdale at about 6 p.m.
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