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Black Sunday Turns the Dust Bowl Sky Black

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Starts 04/14/1935

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The source^[1] fixes the day and tracks the storm across the afternoon: "On the afternoon of April 14, 1935 ... It hit Beaver, Oklahoma, around 4 p.m.; Boise City around 5:15; and Amarillo, Texas, at 7:20." The pin is all-day because the storm crossed several states over one afternoon.

Start: Apr 14, 193590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Black Sunday Turns the Dust Bowl Sky Black

A dust storm swept the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles on the afternoon of 14 April 1935, displacing an estimated 300,000 tons of topsoil. It reached Beaver around 4 p.m., Boise City at 5:15 and Amarillo at 7:20.

Black Sunday was one of the worst dust storms in American history, part of the 1930s Dust Bowl. [S]
An estimated 300,000 tons of topsoil were displaced from the prairie. [S]
The "black blizzard" first hit the Oklahoma panhandle and northwestern Oklahoma before moving south, reaching Beaver around 4 p.m., Boise City around 5:15 and Amarillo at 7:20. [S]
Conditions were most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, with effects felt in surrounding areas. [S]
Drought, erosion, bare soil and wind let the dust fly freely and at high speed. [S]
The National Weather Service office in Norman keeps an event page for 14 April 1935. [1]

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sunday_(storm)
en.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Apr 14, 1935 ✓· 50% of score
The source fixes the day and tracks the storm across the afternoon: "On the afternoon of April 14, 1935 ... It hit Beaver, Oklahoma, around 4 p.m.; Boise City around 5:15; and Amarillo, Texas, at 7:20." The pin is all-day because the storm crossed several states over one afternoon.
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NWS Norman - 14 April 1935 event page
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The National Weather Service's own event page for this storm, the federal record of the day in the region it hit hardest.

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