Headline:
Dust Storm Warning issued August 1 at 7:46PM MST until August 1 at 9:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Dust Storm Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 1, 2026 - 7:46pm
Expires:
August 1, 2026 - 9:15pm
Description:
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Western Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 915 PM MST.
* At 746 PM MST, a wall of dense blowing dust was located along a
line from 15 miles southwest of Chiricahua National Monument to
near Texas Canyon to 17 miles northwest of Willcox, moving
southwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Benson, St. David, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Mescal, Cochise,
Elfrida, Sunizona, Texas Canyon, Kansas Settlement and Cascabel.
This includes the following highways...
Route 90 between mile markers 290 and 296. Route 80 between mile
markers 293 and 313. Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 46. Route
191 between mile markers 21 and 61...and near mile marker 66.
Interstate 10 between mile markers 298 and 332.
Instruction:
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
SNM: AVISO DE TORMENTA DE POLVO hasta las 9:15 PM MST. Espere reduccion de visibilidad.
AVISO DE TORMENTA DE POLVO hasta las 9:15 PM MST. Estar alerta para una reduccion repentina en visibilidad. Cuando la visibilidad disminuya, mueva su vehiculo fuera de la carretera. Apague las luces y mantenga su pie fuera del freno. Se recomienda enfaticamente el tomar precauciones para los infantes, ancianos y personas con problemas respiratorios.
Area Description:
Cochise, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov