Dust Storm, Nw Pinal
- When
- July 4, 11:35 PM MST to 11:55 PM MST
- Where
- Nw Pinal forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Winds estimated at 45 mph caused widespread blowing dust with visibility less than 1/4 mile in Casa Grande and Apache Junction.
Dust Storm and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 4 to 5, 2006
1 dust storm, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 dust storm, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pinal
- When
- July 5, 12:25 AM MST to 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- Pinal County, Apache Jct
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.417, -111.550
Thunderstorm winds blew a sign into a pickup truck.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 4, 2006
- Hail in Washington, July 4, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 4, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 4, 2006
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 4, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 4 to 5, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 4, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 4, 2006
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 4, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 4, 2006
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 4, 2006
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: 5523236, 5523235.