NWS Tucson AZDS.W 0027August 27, 2026
Dust Storm Warning: Pima, AZ
The National Weather Service office in Tucson issued a dust storm warning for Pima in Arizona, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 27th dust storm warning the NWS office in Tucson issued in 2026. Arizona had 24 dust storm warnings in August 2026, against 9 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Arizona's dust storm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tucson AZ
- Area
- Pima
- State
- Arizona
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:37 p.m. PDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. PDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Expected
- VTEC event
- KTWC DS.W 0027
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona... * Until 630 PM MST. * At 537 PM MST, an area of blowing dust was located over Sells, moving northwest at 20 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility. SOURCE...Trained spotters reported zero miles visibility due to dust. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * Locations impacted include... Sells, Topawa, Ali Chukson, Gu Oidak, Cowlic, Fresnal, No:ligk, Cababi, Comobabi, South Comobabi, San Luis - Sells District, Mountain Village, Artesia, Rincon and Ali Molina. This includes Route 86 between mile markers 96 and 121.
What the agency told people to do
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.