Dust Storm in Arizona, April 5, 2001

Name: Dust Storm in Arizona, April 5, 2001
Start: 2001-04-05T14:30
End: 2001-04-05T15:00
Location: Arizona

April 5, 2001 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Storm, S Gila/Ne Maricopa/X N Pinal

When: April 5, 2:30 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where: S Gila/Ne Maricopa/X N Pinal forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

A dust storm reduced the visibility at times to near zero in parts of South Central Arizona. Several multiple vehicle accidents were reported on a short stretch of Arizona 287, near Casa Grande. Awnings on mobile homes in Apache Junction were blown off.

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, April 2001

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: 5236370.