Arizona, 2004Dust Storm in Arizona, July 12, 2004
July 12, 2004 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 dust storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 3:30 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:30 PM MST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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</html>Dust Storm, C Maricopa
- When
- July 12, 5:15 PM MST to 8:35 PM MST
- Where
- C Maricopa forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Large area of blowing dust with winds at times over 45 mph produced near-zero visibility across many areas of Southwest and South-Central Arizona.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 12, 20042 injured · $477,000 · F2 · 13 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in New Jersey, July 12 to 16, 2004$50 million · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 12, 20041 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 12, 2004$11 million · F0 · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 12 to 13, 2004$1.1 million · F1 · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 12 to 14, 20041 injured · $420,000 · 1 in hail · 55 events
- Flash Flood in New Jersey, July 12 to 13, 2004$5.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Maryland, July 12 to 13, 2004$2.0 million · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 12, 2004$903,000 · 60 kt wind · 3 events
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 12, 2004$800,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 12 to 13, 20041 injured · $500,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 12, 2004$650,000 · 3 events
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: 5412920.