Dust Storm in Chinle Valley, Arizona

Dust Storm April 28, 2010 · Chinle Valley, Arizona

What the National Weather Service wrote

Blowing dust reduced the visibility less than 100 feet at times in Kayenta, and Many Farms, and across the Chinle Valley from early afternoon morning through late evening. Interstate 40 was close for much of the time.

The wider storm

A low pressure center moving across the western United States produced strong winds and significant blowing dust across northern Arizona. The winds caused power outages and the dust caused road closures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 225346. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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