Dust Storm, Coachella Valley
- When
- August 11, 8:30 PM PST to 8:44 PM PST
- Where
- Coachella Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Storm in California, August 11, 2000
A thunderstorm gust front created a dust storm that lowered visibilities at the Palm Springs International Airport. Several flights were either diverted to Ontario or delayed for over an hour until the visibility improved.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- 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.
A thunderstorm gust front created a dust storm that lowered visibilities at the Palm Springs International Airport. Several flights were either diverted to Ontario or delayed for over an hour until the visibility improved. The peak wind gust at the airport was only 28 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 11 to 12, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Connecticut, August 11 to 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 11, 2000
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 11, 2000
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 11, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 11, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 11, 2000
More
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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: 5155051.