A dust storm passed from Madera through Fresno to Bakersfield on Monday, causing a pileup and creating startling images of the haboob.
A rare dust storm caused a multi-vehicle pileup and shut off power to Central Valley residents Monday. The so-called 'haboob' swept through the valley on Monday afternoon from about 1:30 to 4 p.m., said Emily Wilson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service at Hanford. Several people were injured in an accident on California 99, and Pacific Gas & Electric reported outages for about 15,000 Fresno county residents as abnormally high winds kicked dust up into a menacing cloud.
The weather service staff were able to see the haboob with their own eyes, a 'distinct wall of dust' that 'looked just like a classic Arizona dust storm,' according to Wilson. As the storm moved from Madera through Fresno county, then through Kern county and into Bakersfield, rain followed the dust, clearing it out of the air. Ultimately, the valley saw 1/4 to 1/3 of an inch of rain, with more in the hills. 'It was pretty impressive,' Wilson said.
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