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Staying prepared during Arizona’s summer monsoon seasonIf you have lived in Arizona as long as I have, you know our summers are hot. We look forward to receiving any amount of heavy rain that brings any relief to the heat and much needed water to our parched deserts.
Summer also means our monsoon season has arrived. According to the National Weather Service, Arizona’s summer monsoon season starts mid-June and lasts through the end of September. We can anticipate storms that bring lightning, rain and walls of dust. Driving through a dust storm can be dangerous and ill-advised, no matter where you are.
Monsoon Awareness Week is June 12-18 this year. It provides the Arizona Department of Transportation the opportunity to remind drivers of the dangers associated with our monsoon storms, especially dust storms. Our “Pull Aside, Stay Alive” provides drivers with the tools to stay safe, if you are ever near or caught in a dust storm. Remember to:Pull off to the side of the road or exit if you canSet the emergency brake and leave your foot off the brakeThere is a particular stretch of Interstate 10 in southern Arizona where we have had huge dust storms and multi-vehicle crashes.
Becoming operational in 2019, the first-in-the-nation dust detection and warning system is located on a 10-mile stretch on Interstate 10 near Eloy, between mileposts 209 and 219. Theemployed includes overhead message boards, variable speed limit signs, closed-circuit cameras and short-range detectors for blowing dust. In addition, a long-range weather X-Band radar dish is part of the system, sitting atop a 22-foot-tall pole at the SR 87 interchange that can detect storms more than 40 miles away.
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