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Blowing Dust Advisory 9, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 10, 2014Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 10, 2014, 8:06 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2014, 8:06 PM MST (03:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2014, 9:00 PM MST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Aug 10, 2:58 PM MST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:58 PM MST, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:54 PM MST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 5:54 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		36 min
Aug 11, 2:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	40 min
Aug 11, 2:24 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	111 min
Aug 11, 2:43 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	92 min
Aug 11, 3:47 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pima	43 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.