Alert archive / Arizona / Blowing Dust Advisories in 2011
Blowing Dust Advisory 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Oct 4, 2011, 1:11 PM MST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2011, 1:11 PM MST (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2011, 5:25 PM MST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Oct 4, 10:30 AM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 10:30 AM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 5:19 AM MST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 519 AM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 AZZ024-051300- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 519 AM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...AND COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND WASHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SECOND VIGOROUS PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS. RAINFALL MAY EXCEED ONE HALF INCH AND BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF ROADS...STREAMS AND WASHES...AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...WE CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM DURING THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT FORM. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. AZZ021>023-026>028-051300- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 519 AM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A VIGOROUS PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL DESERTS TODAY...AND WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...AS WELL AS DENSE BLOWING SAND AND DUST...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SECOND STRONG PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST AND ACROSS THE LOWER DESERTS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS...AND THE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS...STREAMS...WASHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. THERE WILL BE JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORM MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MARICOPA COUNTY AS WELL AS LA PAZ COUNTY. THE MAIN HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...DENSE BLOWING DUST...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THAT POSED ON TUESDAY. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST BEGINNING ON FRIDAY AND THIS WILL LEAD TO SUNNY DAYS...CLEAR NIGHTS AND A MARKED WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. AZZ020-025-CAZ030>032-051300- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- 519 AM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 /519 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A VIGOROUS PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...LEADING TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST AND SAND...BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SECOND COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE LOW WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY DENSE BLOWING DUST AND SAND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY...AND LEAD TO SUNNY DAYS...CLEAR NIGHTS AND A MARKED WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. CAZ033-051300- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 519 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FAST MOVING PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS IMPERIAL COUNTY TODAY...AND LEAD TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH... DENSE BLOWING DUST AND SAND...BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL... SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER THEY MAY REACH TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO LEAD TO PATCHY DENSE BLOWING SAND AND DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SECOND COLD PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS IMPERIAL COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR WITH THE SHOWERS...HOWEVER FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR. THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD WITH THE LOW WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WEST WIND MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE GUSTS COULD REACH TO 40 MPH AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. LOCALLY DENSE BLOWING DUST AND SAND MAY OCCUR WITH THESE WINDS. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND LEAD TO SUNNY DAYS...CLEAR NIGHTS AND A MARKED WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 9:56 AM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Oct 4, 10:11 AM MST, 3 hours before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, Oct 4, 12:28 PM MST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1228 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011
AZZ027-042015-
MARICOPA AZ-
1228 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
UNTIL 115 PM MST
AT 1223 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF SENTINEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INTERSTATE EIGHT BETWEEN SENTINEL AND GILA BEND...
LAT...LON 3324 11293 3311 11264 3266 11297 3264 11314
3289 11317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 207DEG 29KT 3287 11304
INIGUEZSpecial weather statement, Oct 4, 12:51 PM MST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1251 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 AZZ022-023-027-028-050030- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUCKEYE...LAKE PLEASANT...MORRISTOWN... NEW RIVER...TONOPAH...WICKENBURG...CAREFREE...CAVE CREEK... CHANDLER...FOUNTAIN HILLS...GILBERT...GLENDALE...MESA...PEORIA... PHOENIX...SCOTTSDALE...SUN CITY...TEMPE...GILA BEND... APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...COOLIDGE...AND FLORENCE 1251 PM MST TUE OCT 4 2011 STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ACROSS MARICOPA AND NORTHWEST PINAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL VARY GREATLY...EVEN OVER SHORT DISTANCES...VARYING FROM GREATER THAN FIVE MILES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. ISOLATED AREAS WILL DROP BRIEFLY DROP TO A QUARTER MILE. BLOWING DUST WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO WEATHER RADIO ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE BAND. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX INIGUEZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 9:56 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 34 min | |
| Oct 4, 10:11 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 49 min | |
| Oct 4, 12:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 47 min | |
| Oct 4, 1:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 47 min |
Nearby
Blowing Dust Advisories in Arizona, 2011Every blowing dust advisory in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.