Dust Storm in Arizona, February 25, 2023

Name: Dust Storm in Arizona, February 25, 2023
Start: 2023-02-25T12:18
End: 2023-02-25T12:45
Location: Arizona

February 25, 2023 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strong winds ahead of the same storm system that brought heavy snow to California caused brief dust storm conditions near Kingman.

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.

Strong winds ahead of the same storm system that brought heavy snow to California caused brief dust storm conditions near Kingman.

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 Feb 25, 10:51 AM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 10:51 AM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Event by event

1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Dust Storm, Northwest Deserts

When: February 25, 12:18 PM MST to 12:45 PM MST
Where: Northwest Deserts forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Dust storm conditions reduced visibility to 50 feet on Highway 66 between Kingman and Valle Vista.

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

Every storm in Arizona in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, February 2023

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1084142.