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Dust Storm Warning 3, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 6, 2007

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Jul 6, 2007, 1:52 PM MST. It took effect at Jul 6, 2007, 2:00 PM MST. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 6, 2007, 1:52 PM MST (20:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2007, 2:00 PM MST
Expired: Jul 6, 2007, 3:00 PM MST
In force: 60 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 Jul 6, 9:05 AM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 9:05 AM MST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 10:31 AM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1031 AM MST FRI JUL 6 2007

AZZ019-029-030-033>035-070700-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-
UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-COCHISE COUNTY-
1031 AM MST FRI JUL 6 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE MOISTURE INCREASE FROM THE EAST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
FORM FIRST OVER THE MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE INTO
THE VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY ARE PUSHED BY NORTHEAST
WINDS ALOFT. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS...MUCH LIKE
YESTERDAY...WILL BE LIGHTNING...ISOLATED MICROBURST WIND GUSTS OF
UP TO 60 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED MOUNTAIN AND ISOLATED VALLEY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS MOISTURE REMAINS WEAK ACROSS
THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO BE GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ031-032-070700-
WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-
1031 AM MST FRI JUL 6 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HOWEVER...THE LACK OF MOISTURE IN THE WESTERN DESERTS
MEANS THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING
DUST AS THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS PUSH WEST FROM SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING IN THE LATE EVENING.
THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS CONTINUES TO BE GUSTY
WINDS AND BLOWING DUST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2007 Every dust storm warning in 2007

Sources

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