Dust Storm, Northwest Deserts
- When
- May 20, 9:05 AM MST to 10:30 AM MST
- Where
- Northwest Deserts forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Dust storm conditions reduced visibility to 1/8 mile in Valle Vista.
Dust Storm in Arizona, May 20, 2022
Low pressure swinging through the Great Basin brought strong wind to northwest Arizona, resulting in isolated dust storm conditions.
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 VEF wrote it up.
Low pressure swinging through the Great Basin brought strong wind to northwest Arizona, resulting in isolated dust storm conditions.
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.
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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: 1026384.