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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
632 PM MST THU SEP 4 2025
AZC027-050230-
/O.NEW.KPSR.DS.W.0016.250905T0132Z-250905T0230Z/
YUMA AZ-
632 PM MST THU SEP 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 730 PM MST.
* AT 631 PM MST, A WALL OF DUST WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF WELLTON TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TACNA TO 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOHAWK, MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
AZ INTERSTATE 8 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 45.
AZ ROUTE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 42.
AZ ROUTE 195 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 26.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YUMA, FORTUNA FOOTHILLS, WELLTON, BLAISDELL, TACNA, KINTER, LIGURTA,
ARABY, AND ROLL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DUST STORMS LEAD TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. IF DRIVING, AVOID DUST STORMS IF POSSIBLE. IF
CAUGHT IN ONE, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP YOUR
FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 3237 11442 3247 11449 3273 11457 3293 11397
3262 11386 3243 11373 3229 11414
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 073DEG 24KT 3282 11410 3259 11403 3247 11387
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