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Dust Storm Warning 7, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 6, 2006

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Jun 6, 2006, 5:24 PM MST. It was in force for 96 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2006, 5:24 PM MST (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2006, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 96 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, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 PM MST, 2 hours 29 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, 3:58 PM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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

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

0357 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W MARANA              32.41N 111.22W
06/06/2006                   PIMA               AZ   PUBLIC

            POWER POLES DOWN ALONG AVRA VALLEY RD. NEAR MARANA
            AIRPORT

&&

PYTLAK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:01 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 W MARANA              32.41N 111.26W
06/06/2006  M60 MPH          PIMA               AZ   AWOS

            MEASURED AT MARANA AIRPORT

&&

PYTLAK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:14 PM MST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:50 PM MST, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 4:56 PM MST, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 5:03 PM MST, 21 minutes 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
Jun 6, 5:34 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Cochise	41 min
Jun 7, 1:51 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	39 min
Jun 7, 2:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	60 min
Jun 7, 4:23 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	37 min

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2006 Every dust storm warning in 2006

Sources

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