Arizona, 2025Dust Storm in Arizona, March 3, 2025
March 3, 2025 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A weather system brought strong winds across Southeastern Arizona resulting in blowing dust in Cochise County, Arizona.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A weather system brought strong winds across Southeastern Arizona resulting in blowing dust in Cochise County, Arizona.
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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 2, 2:05 PM MST, 22 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 2:05 PM MST, 22 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Dust Storm, Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet
- When
- March 3, 12:10 PM MST
- Where
- Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -109.751 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported less than 200 yard visibility due to blowing dust along State Route 191 near Sunizona, Arizona.
- 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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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: 1246938.