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Blowing Dust Advisory 41, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 22, 2012, 4:42 PM PDT. It was in force for 78 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2012, 4:42 PM PDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2012, 6:00 PM PDT
- In force
- 78 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 22, 2:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:05 PM PDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:40 AM PDT, 12 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 440 AM MST WED AUG 22 2012 AZZ022-023-025>028-230800- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 440 AM MST WED AUG 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING...AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND BLOWING DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GREATLY DECREASE AFTER THURSDAY AND WILL MAINLY BE LIMITED TO HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF PHOENIX. HAZARDS ON THURSDAY WILL INCLUDE LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. AZZ020-021-CAZ030>033-230800- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 440 AM MST WED AUG 22 2012 /440 AM PDT WED AUG 22 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TODAY. THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BLOWING DUST...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING...LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. AZZ024-230800- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 440 AM MST WED AUG 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH LESSER CHANCES AFTER THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:23 PM PDT, 19 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 5:10 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 80 min |
| Aug 21, 5:29 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 5:37 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 83 min |
| Aug 21, 5:55 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 5:59 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 76 min |
| Aug 21, 6:00 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 6:12 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 71 min |
| Aug 21, 6:51 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 75 min |
| Aug 21, 6:56 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:57 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 7:03 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 57 min | |
| Aug 21, 7:05 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 55 min |
| Aug 21, 7:09 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 7:30 PM PDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Pinal | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 7:37 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:49 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 90 min |
| Aug 21, 8:00 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Pinal | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 8:16 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 119 min |
| Aug 21, 8:28 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 9:02 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 118 min |
| Aug 21, 9:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 118 min |
| Aug 21, 9:53 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 37 min | |
| Aug 21, 10:07 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 10:24 PM PDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 3 hr | |
| Aug 21, 10:40 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 81 min |
| Aug 21, 10:54 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 66 min | |
| Aug 21, 11:15 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 75 min |
| Aug 22, 1:34 PM PDT | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | 15 hr | |
| Aug 22, 1:44 PM PDT | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:32 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 118 min |
| Aug 22, 12:05 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 115 min |
| Aug 22, 2:15 PM PDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 2 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:23 PM PDT | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Imperial | 52 min |
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