Dust Storm, Cochise County
- When
- November 22, 2:00 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Dust Storm in Arizona, November 22, 2003
Strong winds produced blowing dust along Interstate 10 in Cochise County, reducing visibilities to near zero. Interstate 10 was closed from 2:15 pm MST to 4:30 pm MST due to the blowing dust.
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 TWC wrote it up.
Strong winds produced blowing dust along Interstate 10 in Cochise County, reducing visibilities to near zero. Interstate 10 was closed from 2:15 pm MST to 4:30 pm MST due to the blowing dust. No injuries or accidents were reported.
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
- Hurricane in Guam, November 22 to 25, 2003
- Dust Storm and High Wind in California, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 22 to 23, 2003
- High Wind in New Mexico, November 22, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in California, November 22 to 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, November 22 to 23, 2003
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, November 22 to 23, 2003
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, November 2003
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: 5336532.