Dust Devil, San Diego
- When
- September 15, 10:30 AM PST to 10:35 AM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, 2 mi NW of Ksan Airport
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in California, September 15, 1996
Merchandise and pieces of tarpaulin were sent flying through the air, as a dust devil developed at a swap meet in the city of San Diego. One woman was taken to the hospital with a leg injury, and several booths were knocked down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Merchandise and pieces of tarpaulin were sent flying through the air, as a dust devil developed at a swap meet in the city of San Diego. One woman was taken to the hospital with a leg injury, and several booths were knocked down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Washington, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Flood in North Carolina, September 15 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, September 15, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 15, 1996
More
Every storm in California in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 1996
Sources
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5576434.