Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, March 28, 2022

Name: Dust Storm and High Wind in Arizona, March 28, 2022
Start: 2022-03-28T11:11
End: 2022-03-28T16:00
Location: Arizona

March 28, 2022 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A strong low pressure system brought locally high winds to the Mojave Desert.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

A strong low pressure system brought locally high winds to the Mojave Desert.

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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 28, 10:05 AM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 10:05 AM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Event by event

1 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northwest Deserts

When: March 28, 11:11 AM MST to 11:17 AM MST
Where: Northwest Deserts forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS

These winds occurred at the Kingman Airport (KIGM).

Dust Storm, Northwest Deserts

When: March 28, 11:15 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
Where: Northwest Deserts forecast zone
Reported by: Public

Dust storm conditions reduced visibility to near zero along Pierce Ferry Road north of Dolan Springs and at the Hualapai Valley Observatory.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, March 2022

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: 1012581, 1012583.