Dust Storm — Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet, Arizona

2025-08-12 · Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet, Arizona

Event narrative

Post on social media showed dust storm reducing visibilities to less than 0.25 miles near Portal, AZ.

Wider weather episode

Outflows from strong thunderstorms lofted areas of blowing dust that caused a formation of a dust storm. This dust storm began in the White Mountains and New Mexico and moved south-southwest into Greenlee County, then moved across Cochise County. This dust storm reduced visibilities to less than 0.25 miles with no injury, fatality, or damage to property.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1291593. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.