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2025 [KTWC] TUCSON Dust Storm (DS) Advisory (Y) Number 2
Listing of Counties/Parishes/Zones Included in Product
RADAR Composite at Issuance Time
Storm Based Warning History
501
WWUS55 KTWC 182156
DSWTWC
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
256 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
AZC003-009-190100-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.Y.0002.250318T2156Z-250319T0100Z/
Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-
256 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Northeastern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
Southeastern Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 600 PM MST.
* At 256 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located 13 miles
northwest of Chiricahua National Monument, and was stationary.
HAZARD...Less than three miles visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Willcox, Portal, Bowie, Chiricahua National Monument,
Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise, Sunizona, Kansas Settlement, San Simon
and Paradise.
This includes the following highways...
Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 64.
Route 191 between mile markers 32 and 95.
Interstate 10 between mile markers 325 and 391.
Route 186 between mile markers 327 and 359.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
&&
LAT...LON 3243 11006 3248 11007 3245 10914 3243 10911
3243 10905 3185 10905 3175 11000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 270DEG 0KT 3209 10954
$$
MJS
271
WWUS55 KTWC 190054
DSWTWC
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
554 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
AZC003-009-190104-
/O.EXP.KTWC.DS.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250319T0100Z/
Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-
554 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
...DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN COCHISE
AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES...
The blowing dust that prompted the advisory has dissipated.
Therefore, the Dust Advisory will be allowed to expire.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 11006 3248 11007 3245 10914 3243 10911
3243 10905 3185 10905 3175 11000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 0DEG 0KT 3209 10954
$$
Permalink to 202503182156-KTWC-WWUS55-DSWTWC
501
WWUS55 KTWC 182156
DSWTWC
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
256 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
AZC003-009-190100-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.Y.0002.250318T2156Z-250319T0100Z/
Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-
256 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Northeastern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
Southeastern Graham County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 600 PM MST.
* At 256 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located 13 miles
northwest of Chiricahua National Monument, and was stationary.
HAZARD...Less than three miles visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Willcox, Portal, Bowie, Chiricahua National Monument,
Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise, Sunizona, Kansas Settlement, San Simon
and Paradise.
This includes the following highways...
Route 181 between mile markers 39 and 64.
Route 191 between mile markers 32 and 95.
Interstate 10 between mile markers 325 and 391.
Route 186 between mile markers 327 and 359.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
&&
LAT...LON 3243 11006 3248 11007 3245 10914 3243 10911
3243 10905 3185 10905 3175 11000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 270DEG 0KT 3209 10954
$$
MJS
Permalink to 202503190054-KTWC-WWUS55-DSWTWC
271
WWUS55 KTWC 190054
DSWTWC
Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
554 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
AZC003-009-190104-
/O.EXP.KTWC.DS.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250319T0100Z/
Cochise AZ-Graham AZ-
554 PM MST Tue Mar 18 2025
...DUST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST FOR NORTHEASTERN COCHISE
AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES...
The blowing dust that prompted the advisory has dissipated.
Therefore, the Dust Advisory will be allowed to expire.
&&
LAT...LON 3243 11006 3248 11007 3245 10914 3243 10911
3243 10905 3185 10905 3175 11000
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 0DEG 0KT 3209 10954
$$
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