Dust Storm, Apple and Yucca Valleys
- When
- January 8, 11:15 AM PST to 12:30 PM PST
- Where
- Apple and Yucca Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Storm in California, January 8, 2001
Strong winds ahead of an approaching storm caused blowing dust across the Apple Valley.
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
- 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.
Strong winds ahead of an approaching storm caused blowing dust across the Apple Valley.
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
- Heavy Snow in California, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 8 to 9, 2001
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Rain in California, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 8, 2001
- Flood in California, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 8 to 9, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 8, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 8 to 9, 2001
- Flood in California, January 8, 2001
More
Every storm in California in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5229073.