Dust Storm — Chuckwalla Valley, California

2022-06-22 · Chuckwalla Valley, California

Event narrative

Social media video showed roughly 1/4 mile visibility in blowing dust from a thunderstorm outflow along I-10, west of Blythe. No accidents or injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough situated just off the California Coast resulted in an influx of moisture into southeast California. Showers and thunderstorms developed in the afternoon hours across the eastern half of Riverside County with a northward motion. Heavy rainfall, which resulted in flash flooding just north of Desert Center damaging a law enforcement vehicle, as well as blowing dust from outward propagating outflows were the primarily hazards from these storms. No injuries were reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1024417. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.