Dust Storm, Southeast Pinal County
- When
- May 16, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southeast Pinal County forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Dust Storm in Arizona, May 16, 2006
A thunderstorm near Phoenix produced a strong outflow resulting in a dust storm. Visibilities along Interstate 10 dropped to 1/4 mile between Picacho Peak and Red Rock as reported by an off duty National Weather Service Employee.
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.
A thunderstorm near Phoenix produced a strong outflow resulting in a dust storm. Visibilities along Interstate 10 dropped to 1/4 mile between Picacho Peak and Red Rock as reported by an off duty National Weather Service Employee.
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
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- Flood in Idaho, May 16 to 31, 2006
More
Every storm in Arizona in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, May 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: 5519108.