Dust Storm — Western Nevada Basin and Range, Nevada

2025-07-30 · Western Nevada Basin and Range, Nevada

Event narrative

A wall of dust was seen over Interstate 80 north of Lovelock to Cosgrave NV based on visual observation from the NV Seismo Lab Star Peak camera.

Wider weather episode

An upper level wave moving through N CA/NV provided plentiful forcing for storms to develop on July 30. In fact, showers lingered overnight the night before across portions of the Sierra and NE CA. These storms produced robust outflows with multiple areas of blowing dust and one true haboob/dust storm. We also had flooding that closed a roadway that afternoon/evening along US-395 near the Red Rock area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1269137. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.