Dust Storm Warning issued August 1 at 5:22PM MST until August 1 at 7:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
- Level
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- Command
- NORTHCOM
- Region
- Mexico · North America
- Category
- Weather
- Source
- NWS / NOAA weather
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Eastern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 715 PM MST.
* At 522 PM MST, a large dust-storm/haboob along an strong outflow
boundary with winds gusting to 50-60 mph is currently observed
moving west to southwest through the Lordsburg Playa in New Mexico.
This dust storm will result in near zero visibility at times as it
moves into Arizona.
HAZARD...Near zero visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Douglas, Portal, Bowie, Chiricahua National Monument,
Bisbee-Douglas Airport, Pirtleville, Rucker Canyon, Paradise and
San Simon.
This includes the following highways...
Route 80 between mile markers 360 and 414. Route 181 between mile
markers 46 and 64. Route 191 between mile markers 1 and 11.
Interstate 10 between mile markers 364 and 390. Route 186 between
mile markers 351 and 359.
- This month
- 1851st Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days
