Dust Storm, C Riverside
- When
- September 30, 6:00 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- C Riverside forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in California, September 30, 2001
An outflow boundary from thunderstorms associated with Tropical Depression Juliette over the Northern Gulf of California moved northwest across Eastern Riverside County. Wind gusts were measured at 39 mph at the Palm Springs International Airport.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An outflow boundary from thunderstorms associated with Tropical Depression Juliette over the Northern Gulf of California moved northwest across Eastern Riverside County. Wind gusts were measured at 39 mph at the Palm Springs International Airport. Trees and power lines were knocked down across the Coachella Valley. Visibility was reduced to zero in blowing dust.
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 dust storm, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Riverside
- When
- September 30, 7:49 PM PST
- Where
- Riverside County, La Quinta
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Dust Storm
- Blowing dust that reduced visibility to a quarter mile or less.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5269152, 5269153.