Dust Storm Warning issued October 10 at 1:03PM MST until October 10 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
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The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Maricopa County in south central Arizona... Pinal County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 145 PM MST. * At 103 PM MST, a wall of dust was located along a line from near Luke AFB to 14 miles south of Maricopa, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong winds in excess of 40 mph. SOURCE...Public reported. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, Tempe, Peoria, Surprise, Avondale, Goodyear, Casa Grande, El Mirage, Paradise Valley, Tolleson, Youngtown, Laveen, Sun Lakes and Cashion. This includes the following highways... AZ Route 87 between mile markers 153 and 162. AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 151 and 160. AZ Route 202 near mile marker 1...and between mile markers 10 and 11...and between mile markers 2 and 4... and between mile markers 45 and 48. AZ Route 101 between mile markers 10 and 17...and near mile marker 18. AZ Route 287 near mile marker 111. US Highway 60 between mile markers 135 and 144. AZ Interstate 17 between mile markers 195 and 204. AZ Route 51 near mile marker 1... and near mile marker 10...and between mile markers 2 and 9. AZ Interstate 10 between mile markers 125 and 134. AZ Route 238 between mile markers 38 and 44. AZ Route 303 between mile markers 105 and 114. AZ Route 347 between mile markers 161 and 170. Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If caught in one, 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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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- AZ, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Maricopa, AZ; Pinal, AZ
- event
- Dust Storm Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-10T13:03:00-07:00
- states
- ["AZ"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-10T13:03:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3644e612f3dd4a73aaf62e7fdb886e15995c1c0e.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If caught in one, 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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