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WWUS55 KTWC 252236
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
DUST STORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
336 PM MST MON AUG 25 2025
AZC019-021-260000-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.W.0030.250825T2236Z-250826T0000Z/
PIMA AZ-PINAL AZ-
336 PM MST MON AUG 25 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A
* DUST STORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA...
* UNTIL 500 PM MST.
* AT 336 PM MST, AN AREA OF BLOWING DUST WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH
OF SANTA ROSA, MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH STRONG WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
IMPACT...DANGEROUS LIFE-THREATENING TRAVEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORO VALLEY, MARANA, CASAS ADOBES, ELOY, AVRA VALLEY, TORTOLITA,
PICACHO, CHUI-CHU, PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK, PINAL AIRPARK, PICTURE
ROCKS, RED ROCK, COCKLEBURR, NORTH KOMELIK, KOHATK, JACK RABBIT,
SHOPISHK, EAST CHUI-CHU, SILVER BELL AND DOVE MOUNTAIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
ROUTE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 123.
INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 245.
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 3268 11220 3268 11215 3272 11215 3272 11205
3277 11205 3277 11188 3279 11188 3279 11177
3276 11178 3276 11174 3273 11174 3274 11167
3276 11161 3287 11149 3293 11140 3239 11099
3234 11146 3241 11218 3251 11221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 163DEG 16KT 3249 11201
AWH
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