Dust Advisory issued October 16 at 12:46PM MST until October 16 at 2:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
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The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Advisory for... Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 245 PM MST. * At 1246 PM MST, a plume of dust was located near Casa Grande, and was stationary. HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong winds in excess of 30 mph. SOURCE...Satellite observations. IMPACT...Hazardous travel. * Locations impacted include... Casa Grande, Coolidge, Randolph, La Palma, Coolidge Airport, Stanfield and Valley Farms. This includes the following highways... AZ Route 87 between mile markers 126 and 133. AZ Route 287 between mile markers 111 and 120. AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 188 and 195. Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. 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 Phoenix AZ.
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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AZ, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Pinal, AZ
- event
- Dust Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-16T12:46:00-07:00
- states
- ["AZ"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T12:46:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c4c24dab9ce845428d661410af2b8016741cf39b.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. 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 Phoenix AZ.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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