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Blowing Dust Advisory 40, NWS Phoenix, AZ
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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</html>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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 21, 5:10 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 80 min |
| Aug 21, 5:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 5:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 83 min |
| Aug 21, 5:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 5:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 76 min |
| Aug 21, 6:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:12 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 71 min |
| Aug 21, 6:51 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 75 min |
| Aug 21, 6:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:57 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 7:03 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 57 min | |
| Aug 21, 7:05 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 7:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 7:37 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:49 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 90 min |
| Aug 21, 8:00 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 8:16 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 119 min |
| Aug 21, 8:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:02 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 118 min |
| Aug 21, 9:32 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 118 min |
| Aug 21, 9:53 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 37 min | |
| Aug 21, 10:07 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 10:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 81 min |
| Aug 21, 10:54 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 66 min | |
| Aug 21, 11:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 75 min |
| Aug 22, 1:34 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | 15 hr | |
| Aug 22, 1:44 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:32 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 118 min |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 115 min |
| Aug 22, 2:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:23 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Imperial | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 4:42 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 78 min |
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