Gila Bend storm history

One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.

One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.

Visibility as low as a quarter mile reported in dense blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow winds in Gila Bend. No accidents nor injuries were reported.

Visibility down to as low as a few hundred feet was reported along I-8 west of Sentinel due to dense blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow. No accidents or injuries were reported.

Visibility of 100 feet or less in blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow around Milepost 81 of I-8 near Sentinel. No accidents or injuries were reported.

Visibility of near 1000 feet in blowing dust from thunderstorm outflow reported near Tartron. No accidents or injuries were reported.

A photo on social media taken near mile post 118 on I-8 showed a large wall of dust/haboob moving west into the Gila Bend area. Visibility in the blowing dust was estimated less than 1/2 mile. No damage or injuries were reported.

A video on social media showed near zero visibility in blowing dust near I-8 and Paloma Road with a strong thunderstorm outflow boundary from the southeast. This was a different outflow boundary than the one that brought a haboob into the Gila bend area an hour earlier. No damage…

Very cold and humid conditions were in place across the central deserts during the morning hours on January 1st, in the wake of an exiting winter storm. Conditions were favorable for the formation of fog, and patchy dense fog did develop around Gila Bend. At 0840MST a trained wea…

Scattered thunderstorms developed over the central deserts during the evening hours on July 30th and some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds in excess of 50 mph. The gusty winds generated significant amounts of dense blowing dust which led to dust storm conditio…

Thunderstorms developed across the deserts southwest of Phoenix during the early evening hours on July 9th; some of the stronger storms generated gusty outflow winds that generated dense blowing dust and associated dust storm conditions. At 1815MST a member of the public reported…