Dust Storm in Arizona, April 14, 2006

Name: Dust Storm in Arizona, April 14, 2006
Start: 2006-04-14T15:00
End: 2006-04-14T19:00
Location: Arizona

April 14, 2006 · 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, Greater Phoenix Area

When: April 14, 3:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
Where: Greater Phoenix Area forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winds in excess of 35 mph were reported in many areas. These winds, together with very dry soil conditions, combined to result in dense blowing dust and blowing sand, which cut the visibility to less than 1/4 mile in some areas. One of the strongest wind speeds was measured at Chandler Municipal airport where a peak gust of 56 mph occurred just before 6 pm MST.

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, April 2006

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: 5503712.