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Blowing Dust Advisory 40, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 20, 2016

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 20, 2016, 10:20 PM MST. It was in force for 100 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2016, 10:20 PM MST (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2016, 12:00 AM MST
In force: 100 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 20, 8:45 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 8:45 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 6:16 PM MST, 4 hours 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
616 PM MST SAT AUG 20 2016

AZZ022-023-028-210230-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA AZ-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY AZ-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AZ-
616 PM MST SAT AUG 20 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES

UNTIL 730 PM MST

AT 615 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PIESTEWA PEAK PARK...OR NEAR
PARADISE VALLEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHOENIX...MESA...CHANDLER...GLENDALE...SCOTTSDALE...GILBERT...
TEMPE...PEORIA...SURPRISE...AVONDALE...GOODYEAR...EL MIRAGE...
PARADISE VALLEY...TOLLESON...YOUNGTOWN...LAVEEN...SUN CITY WEST...
CASHION...SUN CITY AND WADDELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY DENSE BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER BLOWING
DUST WHILE DRIVING...PULL OVER AS FAR OFF THE ROADWAY AS POSSIBLE AND
PARK. TURN OFF YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND KEEP YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3383 11213 3338 11163 3313 11199 3357 11253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 041DEG 46KT 3353 11201

WATERS

Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:28 PM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
628 PM MST SAT AUG 20 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0627 PM     FLOOD            10 S QUARTZSITE         33.52N 114.22W
08/20/2016                   LA PAZ             AZ   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            REPORT OF FLOODING ON US-95 ON MILEPOSTS
            89-93 NEAR CRYSTAL ROAD. .

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:42 PM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 7:46 PM MST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 8:09 PM MST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 9:58 PM MST, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 5:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		52 min
Aug 20, 6:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	74 min
Aug 20, 6:21 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		99 min
Aug 20, 6:22 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	23 min
Aug 20, 6:41 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		79 min
Aug 20, 9:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	114 min
Aug 20, 10:58 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	2 hr
Aug 21, 9:02 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 21, 1:21 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		2 hr
Aug 21, 3:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	48 min
Aug 21, 3:52 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	38 min
Aug 21, 4:00 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		3 hr
Aug 21, 4:17 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		73 min
Aug 21, 4:53 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	37 min
Aug 21, 12:38 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	37 min
Aug 21, 1:11 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	49 min

Nearby

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Sources

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