Headline:
Dust Advisory issued July 9 at 5:27PM MST until July 9 at 6:30PM MST by NWS Tucson AZ
Event:
Dust Advisory
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
July 9, 2026 - 5:27pm
Expires:
July 9, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description:
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a
* Dust Advisory for...
Northwestern Cochise County in southeastern Arizona...
* Until 630 PM MST.
* At 527 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located 9 miles south of
Willcox, moving west at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility.
SOURCE...Detected by National Weather Service meteorologists.
IMPACT...Hazardous travel.
* Locations impacted include...
Benson, Willcox, St. David, Dragoon, Pearce-Sunsites, Cochise,
Texas Canyon and Kansas Settlement.
This includes the following highways...
Route 80 between mile markers 293 and 294...and between mile markers
297 and 302. Route 191 between mile markers 40 and 66. Interstate 10
between mile markers 306 and 347. Route 186 between mile markers 327
and 336.
Instruction:
Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE
STAY ALIVE!
Area Description:
Cochise, AZ
Forcast Office:
NWS Tucson AZ
Sender: