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Dust Storm Warning 4, NWS Tucson, AZ

December 22, 2009

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Dec 22, 2009, 1:12 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2009, 1:12 PM MST (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
In force
4 hr
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 Dec 22, 9:36 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 9:36 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 12:19 PM MST, 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
1219 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

AZZ019-030-231000-
NORTHERN GREENLEE COUNTY-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
1219 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TO 6 AM MST ABOVE
7000 FEET WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AND SUSTAINED
WINDS UPWARDS OF 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL DECREASE ON WEDNESDAY. MUCH
COLDER WEDNESDAY THEN DRY BUT REMAINING COOL CHRISTMAS EVE INTO THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ029-031>034-231000-
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO OODHAM NATION-
TUCSON METRO/MARANA/GREEN VALLEY-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-
1219 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST FOR SUSTAINED WINDS
OVER 30 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH MAY ALSO OCCUR. AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST MAY RESULT WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF TUCSON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

DECREASING CLOUDS WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MUCH COLDER WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY BUT REMAINING COOL
CHRISTMAS EVE INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ035-231000-
COCHISE COUNTY-
1219 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM MST FOR SUSTAINED WINDS
OVER 30 MPH. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH MAY ALSO OCCUR. AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST MAY RESULT WHICH COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

DECREASING CLOUDS WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MUCH COLDER WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY BUT REMAINING COOL
CHRISTMAS EVE INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

KD

WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 9:20 AM MSTWind AdvisoryTWC18 hr
Dec 22, 2:14 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningTWC13 hr

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2009Every dust storm warning in 2009

Sources

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