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Dust Storm Warning 8, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 5, 2016

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Aug 5, 2016, 2:16 PM MST. It was in force for 86 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2016, 2:16 PM MST (21:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2016, 3:42 PM MST
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dust storm warning 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 dust storm warning went out at Aug 5, 1:52 PM MST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:52 PM MST, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 1:38 PM MST, 38 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 4, 5:11 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 4, 5:36 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	114 min
Aug 4, 7:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	36 min
Aug 4, 9:47 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:55 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 5, 9:20 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	115 min
Aug 5, 11:25 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 5, 2:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	87 min

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2016 Every dust storm warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.