Alert archive / California / Dust Storm Warnings
Dust Storm Warnings in California, 2016
8 dust storm warnings in 2016. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Dust Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Dust Storm Warnings
- 8
- Busiest month
- August3 dust storm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 20, 20162 dust storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:50 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 110 min | |
| Jul 29, 9:32 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 4 hr | |
| Aug 19, 6:28 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 92 min | |
| Aug 19, 10:21 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 99 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:41 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | Inyo | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 1:33 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:31 PM PDT | Dust Storm Warning | SGX | San Bernardino | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.