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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 10, 2026Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Jul 10, 2026, 4:40 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2026, 4:40 PM MST (23:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2026, 6:00 PM MST
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dust storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Jul 10, 1:06 PM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:06 PM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 1:40 PM MST, 3 hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 5:27 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	TWC	Cochise	63 min
Jul 9, 6:07 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz	53 min
Jul 9, 6:30 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Cochise	3 hr
Jul 10, 9:29 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz	11 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.