Dust Advisory issued October 16 at 10:46AM MST until October 16 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Advisory for... North Central Cochise County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 145 PM MST. * At 1046 AM MST, a dust channel from the Wilcox Playa was located 10 miles north of Dragoon along I-10 between mile markers 322 and 336. HAZARD...Less than one half mile visibility with strong winds in excess of 50 mph. SOURCE...Satellite observations. IMPACT...Hazardous travel. * Locations impacted include... Cochise. This includes the following highways... Route 191 between mile markers 57 and 66. Interstate 10 between mile markers 322 and 336. Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE! To report hazardous dust conditions, contact the National Weather Service, or your nearest law enforcement agency, who will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Tucson AZ.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AZ, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Cochise, AZ
- event
- Dust Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-16T10:46:00-07:00
- states
- ["AZ"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T10:46:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ffae7f8ca038260e605121231660bac246ce768d.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE! To report hazardous dust conditions, contact the National Weather Service, or your nearest law enforcement agency, who will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Tucson AZ.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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