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Blowing Dust Advisory 28, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 12, 2012

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 12, 2012, 5:31 PM MST. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2012, 5:31 PM MST (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 89 min
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 Aug 12, 4:15 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 4:15 PM MST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 5:37 AM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:40 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 5:29 PM MST, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 5:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		76 min
Aug 12, 6:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	75 min
Aug 12, 7:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		74 min
Aug 12, 7:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		75 min
Aug 12, 8:30 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	105 min
Aug 12, 11:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	42 min
Aug 13, 1:49 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	41 min
Aug 13, 4:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	49 min
Aug 13, 4:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		59 min
Aug 13, 3:53 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	52 min
Aug 13, 3:54 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		8 min
Aug 13, 4:02 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		58 min
Aug 13, 4:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	56 min
Aug 13, 4:28 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Imperial	37 min
Aug 13, 4:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	110 min
Aug 13, 4:59 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		61 min

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Sources

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