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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
118 PM PST WED FEB 16 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 AM     DUST STORM       FURNACE CREEK           36.46N 116.87W
02/15/2022                   INYO               CA   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            A WALL OF DUST WAS INITIALLY OBSERVED VIA
            SATELLITE JUST SOUTH OF STOVEPIPE WELLS
            WHICH MOVED SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 190 IN
            BADWATER BASIN. THE DUST STORM WAS LATER
            CONFIRMED FROM PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
            FROM THE DEATH VALLEY NPS TO HAVE PRODUCED
            VISIBILITY OF ZERO UNTIL 1445. THE DUST
            STORM AND ASSOCIATED STRONG WINDS PRODUCED
            POWER OUTAGES ACROSS FURNACE CREEK FOR OVER
            6 HOURS.


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