'Close Your Windows!' Massive Dust Cloud Engulfs Amarillo Amid Storm Warnings
A large dust storm, also known as a haboob, swept over Amarillo, Texas, on Tuesday, May 10, following storm warnings for the area.
Footage captured by Twitter user @drpenn shows the cloud in Bushland, a small community west of Amarillo, on Tuesday evening. They later posted an image of a rainbow after the storm passed.
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service forecasted large hail and “damaging wind gusts” in the area throughout the day. Credit: @drpenn via Storyful
Video transcript
[WIND BLOWS]
- Geez!
- Wow.
- That's dirty.
- It looks like it's just going to be dirt though.
- Close your windows and let's get some Saran Warp on.
- Close it around.
- Caleb, let's get a--
- Phew.
- OK, inside. Those houses are getting covered. Come on, kids.
- Coming.
- Do you not wish to be caught in that. Come on.
- I'm coming. I'm coming.
- [INAUDIBLE]