25 miles on Interstate 10 near Eloy, Arizona.
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The episode as NWS TWC wrote it up.
A weather system brought strong winds across Southeastern Arizona resulting in blowing dust and reducing visibilities to 0.25 miles on Interstate 10 near Eloy, Arizona.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 1, 2:41 AM MST, 10 hours 14 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 dust storm, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Pinal Airpark AWOS reported visibility less than 0.25 miles due to blowing dust.
Fort Huachuca measured maximum non thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph.
CWOP/Mesonet CW4232 Patagonia reported a maximum non thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
ADOT dust sensor reported visibility less than 0.25 miles due to blowing dust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, March 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1246925, 1246929, 1246937, 1246927.