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WWUS55 KTWC 190444
DSWTWC
DUST ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
944 PM MST FRI APR 18 2025
AZC019-021-190530-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.Y.0005.250419T0444Z-250419T0530Z/
PIMA-PINAL-
944 PM MST FRI APR 18 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* DUST ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MST.
* AT 943 PM MST, A DUST CHANNEL WAS OVER AVRA VALLEY, OR 13 MILES
WEST OF MARANA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 229 AND 269.
INTERSTATE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 63.
ROUTE 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 86.
ROUTE 79 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 100.
ROUTE 86 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 127 AND 171.
ROUTE 286 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 45.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TORTOLITA, RINCON, ORO VALLEY, TUCSON, SAN LUIS - SELLS DISTRICT,
PASCUA PUEBLO YAQUI RESERVATION, DOVE MOUNTAIN, DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR
FORCE BASE, PAN TAK, SOUTH TUCSON, TUCSON ESTATES, SAGUARO NATIONAL
PARK WEST, AVRA VALLEY, SIL NAKYA, SILVER BELL, VALENCIA WEST, SAN
ISIDRO, PINAL AIRPARK, CABABI, AND RYAN AIRFIELD.
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 3228 11203 3266 11101 3216 11076 3195 11125
3201 11193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 328DEG 23KT 3244 11138
JT
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