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WWUS55 KTWC 190340
DSWTWC
DUST ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
840 PM MST FRI APR 18 2025
AZC019-021-190445-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.Y.0004.250419T0340Z-250419T0445Z/
PIMA-PINAL-
840 PM MST FRI APR 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* DUST ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 945 PM MST.
* AT 840 PM MST, A DUST CHANNEL WAS NEAR PICACHO, OR 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CASA GRANDE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WIND IN
EXCESS OF 40 MPH.
SOURCE...DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS.
IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.
* THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 243.
ROUTE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 96.
ROUTE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 128.
ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 124.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RINCON, SADDLEBROOKE, JACK RABBIT, SAN LUIS - SELLS DISTRICT,
SHOPISHK, DOVE MOUNTAIN, PALO VERDE STAND, SADDLEBROOKE RANCH, RED
ROCK, ELOY, AVRA VALLEY, PICACHO, SIL NAKYA, SILVER BELL, PINAL
AIRPARK, QUEENS WELL, NORTH KOMELIK, CHUI-CHU, MARANA, AND PICACHO
PEAK STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BLOWING DUST BRINGS REDUCED VISIBILITY, LEADING TO DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IF DRIVING, AVOID BLOWING DUST IF POSSIBLE. IF CAUGHT IN
DENSE BLOWING DUST, PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS AND KEEP
YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
LAT...LON 3268 11219 3268 11215 3272 11215 3272 11205
3276 11205 3277 11188 3279 11187 3279 11178
3273 11174 3273 11167 3276 11161 3286 11151
3304 11124 3253 11081 3206 11195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 320DEG 31KT 3266 11154
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