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Blowing Dust Advisory 40, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 21, 2012

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 21, 2012, 10:24 PM MST. It took effect at Aug 21, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2012, 10:24 PM MST (05:24 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 21, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Aug 22, 2012, 1:00 AM MST
In force
2 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 Aug 21, 8:40 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:40 PM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 4:48 AM MST, 17 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
448 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2012

AZZ021>023-026>028-221215-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
448 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS ARE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...AS WELL AS ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND BLOWING DUST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
DAILY HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALIZED
BLOWING DUST...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIALLY LEADING TO
FLOODING. THE MOST ACTIVE DAY WITH AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
LOOKS TO BE WEDNESDAY...WITH POSSIBLE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

AZZ024-221215-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
448 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
ARE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH LESSER CHANCES BY THE END OF
THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING. THE MOST
ACTIVE DAY WITH AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LOOKS TO BE
WEDNESDAY...WITH POSSIBLE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.

AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-221215-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
448 AM MST TUE AUG 21 2012 /448 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLOODING...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING...POSSIBLE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:16 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:53 PM MST, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 10:07 PM MST, 17 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:16 PM MST, 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 5:10 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz80 min
Aug 21, 5:29 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal46 min
Aug 21, 5:37 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz83 min
Aug 21, 5:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz65 min
Aug 21, 5:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa76 min
Aug 21, 6:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz39 min
Aug 21, 6:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal51 min
Aug 21, 6:12 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz71 min
Aug 21, 6:51 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz75 min
Aug 21, 6:56 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 21, 6:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal33 min
Aug 21, 7:03 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR57 min
Aug 21, 7:05 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRPinal55 min
Aug 21, 7:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz66 min
Aug 21, 7:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal30 min
Aug 21, 7:37 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa53 min
Aug 21, 7:49 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz90 min
Aug 21, 8:00 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRPinal30 min
Aug 21, 8:16 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa119 min
Aug 21, 8:28 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa2 hr
Aug 21, 9:02 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa118 min
Aug 21, 9:32 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal118 min
Aug 21, 9:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR37 min
Aug 21, 10:07 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma38 min
Aug 21, 10:40 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz81 min
Aug 21, 10:54 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR66 min
Aug 21, 11:15 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz75 min
Aug 22, 1:34 PM MSTFlash Flood WatchPSR15 hr
Aug 22, 1:44 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 22, 2:32 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa118 min
Aug 22, 12:05 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside, San Bernardino115 min
Aug 22, 2:15 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside, San Bernardino2 hr
Aug 22, 4:23 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial52 min
Aug 22, 4:42 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR78 min

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Sources

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