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Blowing Dust Advisory 41, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 22, 2012

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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 5:10 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz80 min
Aug 21, 5:29 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal46 min
Aug 21, 5:37 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz83 min
Aug 21, 5:55 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz65 min
Aug 21, 5:59 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa76 min
Aug 21, 6:00 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz39 min
Aug 21, 6:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal51 min
Aug 21, 6:12 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz71 min
Aug 21, 6:51 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz75 min
Aug 21, 6:56 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 21, 6:57 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal33 min
Aug 21, 7:03 PM PDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR57 min
Aug 21, 7:05 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRPinal55 min
Aug 21, 7:09 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz66 min
Aug 21, 7:30 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal30 min
Aug 21, 7:37 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa53 min
Aug 21, 7:49 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz90 min
Aug 21, 8:00 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRPinal30 min
Aug 21, 8:16 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa119 min
Aug 21, 8:28 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa2 hr
Aug 21, 9:02 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa118 min
Aug 21, 9:32 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal118 min
Aug 21, 9:53 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR37 min
Aug 21, 10:07 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma38 min
Aug 21, 10:24 PM PDTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR3 hr
Aug 21, 10:40 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz81 min
Aug 21, 10:54 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSR66 min
Aug 21, 11:15 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz75 min
Aug 22, 1:34 PM PDTFlash Flood WatchPSR15 hr
Aug 22, 1:44 PM PDTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal3 hr
Aug 22, 2:32 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa118 min
Aug 22, 12:05 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside, San Bernardino115 min
Aug 22, 2:15 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside, San Bernardino2 hr
Aug 22, 4:23 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementPSRImperial52 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.