Dust Storm Warning — La Paz, AZ; Yuma, AZ; Imperial, CA was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 00:47 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).
Dust Storm Warning issued September 16 at 5:47PM MST until September 16 at 6:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Southwestern La Paz County in west central Arizona... West central Yuma County in southwestern Arizona... Southeastern Imperial County in southeastern California... * Until 645 PM MST/645 PM PDT/. * At 547 PM MST/547 PM PDT/, a wall of dust was along a line extending from near Martinez Lake to 6 miles northeast of Kinter to near Wellton, moving west at 35 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in excess of 50 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes the following highways... AZ Interstate 8 between mile markers 1 and 23. CA Interstate 8 between mile markers 80 and 96. AZ Route 95 between mile markers 29 and 55. Locations im
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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 32.786°, -114.628°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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Official warning
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· received · event time 17 Sep 2026, 00:47 UTCFirst report Official warning
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Conditions at the time
No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 38°C, and winds reached 30 km/h. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.
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