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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

March 6, 2012Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Mar 6, 2012, 6:15 PM MST for Apache County, Navajo County, Arizona. It was in force for 5 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
Mar 6, 2012, 6:15 PM MST (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2012, 11:05 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Apache County, AZ, Navajo County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Mar 6, 3:35 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:35 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 3:40 AM MST, 14 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF AZ
340 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012

AZZ004>018-037>040-070730-
KAIBAB PLATEAU-MARBLE AND GLEN CANYONS-GRAND CANYON COUNTRY-
COCONINO PLATEAU-YAVAPAI COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS HWY 264 NORTHWARD-CHINLE VALLEY-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND DEFIANCE PLATEAU-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN COCONINO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN NAVAJO COUNTY-
LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN APACHE COUNTY-
WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN GILA COUNTY-YAVAPAI COUNTY VALLEYS AND BASINS-
OAK CREEK AND SYCAMORE CANYONS-BLACK MESA AREA-
NORTHEAST PLATEAUS AND MESAS SOUTH OF HWY 264-
340 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR APACHE...COCONINO...NORTHERN
GILA...NAVAJO...AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STORM SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXPECTED WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 55 MPH. BLOWING DUST MAY ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE VALLEYS OF
NORTHEAST ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. IN
ADDITION...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN COMBINATION WITH GUSTY WINDS
HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING ACROSS THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF YAVAPAI AND NORTHERN GILA COUNTIES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AS THE STORM SHIFTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE
STATE. DAYTIME HIGHS FOR WEDNESDAY MAY BE AROUND 25 DEGREES
COOLER THAN THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES RECENTLY
EXPERIENCED. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED TO RETURN
FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2012Every dust storm warning in 2012

Sources

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