Headline:
Dust Storm Warning issued August 3 at 7:50PM MST until August 3 at 9:45PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Dust Storm Warning
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 3, 2026 - 7:50pm
Expires:
August 3, 2026 - 9:45pm
Description:
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...
North Central Santa Cruz County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 945 PM MST.
* At 750 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located 10 miles
southwest of Three Points, moving west at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Sells, Three Points, Topawa, San Isidro, Kitt Peak, Ali Chukson,
Cowlic, Fresnal, San Pedro, Queens Well, South Comobabi, Comobabi,
Santa Rosa Ranch, Sil Nakya, Fresnal Canyon, Artesia, Pan Tak and
Ali Molina.
This includes the following highways...
Route 86 between mile markers 110 and 152. Route 286 between mile
markers 16 and 45.
Instruction:
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
Area Description:
Pima, AZ; Santa Cruz, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov