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Dust Storm Warning 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 6, 2006

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Jun 6, 2006, 3:54 PM MST. It was in force for 68 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: Jun 6, 2006, 3:54 PM MST (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2006, 5:02 PM MST
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

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 Jun 6, 2:55 PM MST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 PM MST, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
255 PM MST TUE JUN 6 2006

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST...AND A LOW CENTER NEAR
THE BAJA...WILL CONTINUE SOUTHERLY WINDS ALOFT TO BRING MOISTURE
INTO SOUTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE INCREASE OF
MOISTURE...BRINGS A RISK OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY
SEVERE TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA THIS EVENING...AND MAY BE REPEATED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE BAJA LOW MOVES NORTH
THURSDAY...A DRY SOUTHWEST WIND WILL PUSH THE MOISTURE OFF TO THE
EAST. THIS WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL
RANGES IN THE SOUTHWEST.

&&

.DISCUSSION...LOWER LEVEL HEATING HAS KICKED THE UNSTABLE LAYER
UP INTO THE ENRICHED MID LEVEL MOISTURE...DEEP CONVECTION IN
PROGRESS...AND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. INCREASING
MID-UPPER LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS GIVES A BOOST TO THE CONVECTION...
AND COULD POSSIBLY SUSTAIN THE STORMS BEYOND THE EVENING HOURS.
CONVECTION SHOULD REPEAT WEDNESDAY...AS PATTERN REMAINS
QUASI-STATIONARY. A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION
DEVELOPS FRIDAY AS A BROAD TROUGH DEVELOPS AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF
CLOSED LOW. AS A RESULT...A GRADUAL END...WEST TO EAST...OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST OF ARIZONA THROUGH
THURSDAY...BRINGS DEEP RICH MOISTURE INTO THE REGION FROM THE
SOUTH...AND INCREASES CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE
RAINFALL...BECAUSE IT IS VERY DRY IN THE LOWER LEVELS. THE
RELATIVELY DRY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS...AS WELL AS THE RISK OF DRY LIGHTNING.
&&

.AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY COVER ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
AT KTUS.

&&

.TWC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8
PM MST...SOUTH CENTRAL AZ COUNTIES...PIMA...AND FOR SOUTHEAST ARIZONA
COCHISE...GRAHAM...SANTA CRUZ.

&&

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:32 PM MST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
332 PM MST TUE JUN 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0313 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S TUCSON              32.12N 110.89W
06/06/2006                   PIMA               AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLE DOWNED NEAR TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TUCSON                  32.20N 110.89W
06/06/2006                   PIMA               AZ   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINE DOWNED IN FRONT OF HOUSE IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON

&&

PYTLAK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:42 PM MST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
342 PM MST TUE JUN 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     DUST STORM       MARANA                  32.41N 111.17W
06/06/2006                   PIMA               AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ZERO VISIBILITY NEAR CORTARO AND SILVERBELL ROADS

&&

PYTLAK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:43 PM MST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
343 PM MST TUE JUN 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     HAIL             MARANA                  32.41N 111.17W
06/06/2006  M1.75 INCH       PIMA               AZ   BROADCAST MEDIA

            GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT KOLD-TV IN MARANA.

&&

PYTLAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:32 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC		3 hr
Jun 6, 1:47 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Santa Cruz	28 min
Jun 6, 2:27 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Santa Cruz	33 min
Jun 6, 2:41 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	49 min
Jun 6, 3:23 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	52 min
Jun 6, 4:01 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	44 min

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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.