Dust Storm Warning for Cochise, AZ
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- Cochise
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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...
What the bulletin says to do
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
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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.
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Dust Storm Warning issued August 1 at 5:22PM MST until August 1 at 7:15PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tucson AZ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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