Dust Advisory
NWS Phoenix AZ ยท US
Details
Dust Advisory Issued September 16 At 6:44PM MST Until September 16 At 7:45PM MST By NWS Phoenix AZ
- Event
- Dust Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Advisory for... Southwestern La Paz County in west central Arizona... West central Yuma County in southwestern Arizona... Eastern Imperial County in southeastern California... * Until 745 PM MST/745 PM PDT/. * At 644 PM MST/644 PM PDT/, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 10 miles southwest of Cibola to 17 miles north of Algodones Dunes to 6 miles north of Andrade to Araby, moving west at 25 mph.
Hazard
Less than two miles visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 mph.
Source
Doppler radar.
Impacts
Hazardous travel. * This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 1 and 20. CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 71 and 96. AZ Route 95 between mile markers 29 and 45. Locations impacted include... Yuma, Somerton, Fortuna Foothills, Blaisdell, Cibola, Gordon's Well, Algodones Dunes, Kinter, Andrade, Winterhaven, Araby, and Glamis.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- La Paz County, AZ
- Yuma County, AZ
- Imperial County, CA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2PGK7ZS032C660Y3GSZ62WN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fc2329e2127a66ac6f212992e366ccc9601f823a.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Phoenix AZ
- AWIPS ID
- CAPPSR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2607
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | DSY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | DSWPSR |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS55 KPSR 170144 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T01:44:00-00:00...storm...099DEG...20KT...33.3,-114.84 32.99,-114.83 32.82,-114.76 32.67,-114.5 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KPSR.DS.Y.0053.260917T0144Z-260917T0245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T19:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- La Paz County, AZ
- Yuma County, AZ
- Imperial County, CA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 004012 |
| SAME | 004027 |
| SAME | 006025 |
| UGC | AZC012 |
| UGC | AZC027 |
| UGC | CAC025 |
- Polygons
- 32.61,-114.81 32.66,-114.75 32.72,-114.72 32.7,-115.0 32.89,-115.28 33.06,-115.35 33.42,-115.36 33.37,-114.65 33.03,-114.62 32.84,-114.36 32.56,-114.27 32.61,-114.81