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2007 [KTWC] TUCSON Dust Storm (DS) Warning (W) Number 4

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Storm Based Warning History

000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200240
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
740 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200400-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.W.0004.070720T0240Z-070720T0400Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
740 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TUCSON METRO AREA HAVE GENERATED A
LARGE DUST STORM WHICH WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH UP
INTERSTATE 10. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VISIBILITIES NEAR OR BELOW 1/4
MILE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS DUST STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 10
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WELL
AHEAD OF THE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200317
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
817 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200430-
/O.CON.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0400Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
817 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE 10
FROM TUCSON. AT 802 PM...A TRAINED MOBILE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN MILE POSTS 238
AND 240. THIS DUST STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND
ARRIVE IN ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK BY 830 PM. 

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200401
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
901 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200515-
/O.EXT.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
901 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE DUST STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREA OF CENTRAL PINAL
COUNTY.

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE
10 FROM TUCSON. AT 855 PM...TRUCKERS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AT
PICACHO PEAK REPORTED ZERO VISIBILITY AND STRONG WINDS. THIS DUST
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND EXIT THE ELOY AND
PICACHO PEAK AREAS BY 10 PM.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200427
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
927 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200530-
/O.CON.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
927 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREAS. 

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE
10. SEVERAL REPORTS OF VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM ZERO TO JUST A
FEW FEET HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THIS DUST STORM IS
OCCURRING AT NIGHT...WHICH MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO SEE. 

PEOPLE ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN RED ROCK AND ELOY SHOULD NOT
TRAVEL UNTIL THIS DUST STORM PASSES AROUND 10 PM.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...
ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE PAVEMENT
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$

PYTLAK
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200456
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
956 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007


AZZ029-200600-
/O.EXP.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
956 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREAS.

THE LARGE DUST STORM WHICH MOVED NORTHWEST FROM TUCSON AND
AFFECTED THE ENTIRE INTERSTATE 1O CORRIDOR BETWEEN TUCSON AND ELOY
HAS MOVED NORTHWEST TOWARD PHOENIX...WHERE A DUST STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST.

$$
PYTLAK
Permalink to 200707200240-KTWC-WWUS75-NPWTWC
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200240
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
740 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200400-
/O.NEW.KTWC.DS.W.0004.070720T0240Z-070720T0400Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
740 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A DUST STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR ALL
OF SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TUCSON METRO AREA HAVE GENERATED A
LARGE DUST STORM WHICH WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH UP
INTERSTATE 10. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VISIBILITIES NEAR OR BELOW 1/4
MILE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS DUST STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 10
BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WELL
AHEAD OF THE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
Permalink to 200707200317-KTWC-WWUS75-NPWTWC
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200317
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
817 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200430-
/O.CON.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0400Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
817 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY.

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE 10
FROM TUCSON. AT 802 PM...A TRAINED MOBILE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN MILE POSTS 238
AND 240. THIS DUST STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND
ARRIVE IN ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK BY 830 PM. 

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
Permalink to 200707200401-KTWC-WWUS75-NPWTWC
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200401
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
901 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200515-
/O.EXT.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
901 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

THE DUST STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREA OF CENTRAL PINAL
COUNTY.

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE
10 FROM TUCSON. AT 855 PM...TRUCKERS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AT
PICACHO PEAK REPORTED ZERO VISIBILITY AND STRONG WINDS. THIS DUST
STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST AND EXIT THE ELOY AND
PICACHO PEAK AREAS BY 10 PM.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS... ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE
OFF THE PAVEMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$
PYTLAK
Permalink to 200707200427-KTWC-WWUS75-NPWTWC
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200427
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
927 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

AZZ029-200530-
/O.CON.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
927 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS
EVENING FOR THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREAS. 

A LARGE DUST STORM CONTINUES TO PROCEED NORTHWEST UP INTERSTATE
10. SEVERAL REPORTS OF VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM ZERO TO JUST A
FEW FEET HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK. THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THIS DUST STORM IS
OCCURRING AT NIGHT...WHICH MAKES IT EVEN HARDER TO SEE. 

PEOPLE ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN RED ROCK AND ELOY SHOULD NOT
TRAVEL UNTIL THIS DUST STORM PASSES AROUND 10 PM.

A DUST STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH BLOWING DUST. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...
ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 10. PULL YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE PAVEMENT
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO STOP. NEVER STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

$$

PYTLAK
Permalink to 200707200456-KTWC-WWUS75-NPWTWC
000 
WWUS75 KTWC 200456
NPWTWC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
956 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007


AZZ029-200600-
/O.EXP.KTWC.DS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070720T0500Z/
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
956 PM MST THU JUL 19 2007

...DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE DUST STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
THE ELOY AND PICACHO PEAK AREAS.

THE LARGE DUST STORM WHICH MOVED NORTHWEST FROM TUCSON AND
AFFECTED THE ENTIRE INTERSTATE 1O CORRIDOR BETWEEN TUCSON AND ELOY
HAS MOVED NORTHWEST TOWARD PHOENIX...WHERE A DUST STORM WARNING IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST.

$$
PYTLAK

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