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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
224 PM MST THU APR 17 2025
AZC003-172300-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.W.0011.250417T2124Z-250417T2300Z/
COCHISE AZ-
224 PM MST THU APR 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN COCHISE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 400 PM MST.
* AT 224 PM MST, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST
OF BOWIE, AND WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOWIE AND SAN SIMON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 361 AND 391.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO A DUST STORM. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
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.
LAT...LON 3239 10905 3211 10905 3224 10957 3239 10954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 279DEG 1KT 3227 10924
AWH
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