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Blowing Dust Advisory 37, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 17, 2012

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 17, 2012, 2:45 PM MST. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2012, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2012, 4:16 PM MST
In force: 91 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 17, 9:09 AM MST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:09 AM MST, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:18 AM MST, 9 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 11:55 AM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 2:25 PM MST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 2:26 PM MST, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 2:45 PM MST, 0 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 16, 6:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		44 min
Aug 16, 6:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	106 min
Aug 16, 6:50 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	40 min
Aug 16, 7:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 16, 8:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	110 min
Aug 16, 9:02 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	118 min
Aug 16, 11:10 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 16, 11:29 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Aug 16, 11:41 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 17, 12:54 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	111 min
Aug 17, 1:14 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 17, 2:43 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Aug 17, 6:26 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 17, 11:16 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	119 min
Aug 17, 11:42 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 17, 11:59 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		2 hr
Aug 17, 12:25 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Aug 17, 2:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	50 min
Aug 17, 2:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	118 min
Aug 17, 2:57 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	2 hr
Aug 17, 3:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	47 min
Aug 17, 3:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	31 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.