Strong winds created blowing dust across portions of East Arkansas during the morning of January 17th, 2009. A fatal three vehicle accident occurred as a result of the blowing dust.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
Strong winds created blowing dust across portions of East Arkansas during the morning of January 17th, 2009. A fatal three vehicle accident occurred as a result of the blowing dust.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Dust reduced visibilities to near zero on Highway 226 near Cash. A fatal three car accident occurred as a result. Winds were gusting to 25 knots at the time of the accident.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust Storm, Craighead | 2009-01-17 | 45 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 151487.