An upper-level trough dragged a cold front across the area, resulting in widespread westerly winds of 40-55 mph across southeast California. The strong winds also resulted in areas of blowing dust, reducing visibilities to less than a quarter of a mile at times.
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The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
An upper-level trough dragged a cold front across the area, resulting in widespread westerly winds of 40-55 mph across southeast California. The strong winds also resulted in areas of blowing dust, reducing visibilities to less than a quarter of a mile at times. The strong winds and blowing dust resulted in several road closures, creating a significant disruption to transportation.
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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 14, 3:46 PM PST, 17 hours 4 minutes earlier.
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3 dust storm, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust of 60 mph was measured at the Mountain Springs Grade RAWS station.
Strong winds and blowing dust resulted in a semi-truck rolling over near the intersection of Gentry Road and Walker Road, north of Westmorland in the Imperial Valley. The truck driver suffered moderate injury, which included a laceration to the head.
A webcam in the Imperial Valley showed visibility dropped to less than a quarter of a mile due to blowing dust.
Highway-86, west of Salton Sea, was closed in both directions between mile posts 33.7 and 67.8 due to hazardous conditions with strong winds and low visibility. A California Highway Patrol incident report also stated that there was a multi-vehicle accident along the highway, but it is unknown if this was due to the winds and dust. A few semi-trucks also rolled over. The closure began around 1510PST and lasted for more than 5 hours. It is unknown how low visibility dropped along the highway, but a webcam on the southeast side of Salton Sea dropped down to around 1/4 mile at times. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2022
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 998138, 998137, 998136, 1009490.