Boise City, Oklahoma, United States
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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.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.
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