Alert archive / Arizona / Blowing Dust Advisories in 2016
Blowing Dust Advisory 21, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 5, 2016, 2:28 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2016, 2:28 PM MST (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2016, 3:58 PM MST
- In force
- 90 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 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 73 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047 WWUS75 KTWC 052128 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 228 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 AZZ505-052300- /O.NEW.KTWC.DU.Y.0021.160805T2128Z-160805T2300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK 228 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST CAN RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE POSING A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. IN ADDITION...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY SUSPEND DUST INTO THE AIR THAT PEOPLE AND ANIMALS BREATHE. INDIVIDUALS WITH HEART DISEASE AND RESPIRATORY SENSITIVITIES MAY WANT TO REDUCE THEIR LEVEL OF EXERTION TO LIMIT THE DUST THEY BREATHE INTO THEIR LUNGS... ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NEAR DUST-PRONE LOCATIONS. THOSE MOST AT RISK MAY FEEL BETTER OF THEY AVOID OUTSIDE EXERCISE TODAY... KEEPING WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED TO HELP REDUCE EXPOSURE. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 40 MPH * VISIBILITY...BELOW 1 MILE...BRIEFLY BELOW 1/4 MILE POSSIBLE IN SMALL AREAS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB * CURRENT AIR POLLUTION LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE PIMA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WEBSITE AT WWW.PIMA.GOV/DEQ OR BY CALLING (520) 724-7446 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER LOCALIZED DENSE BLOWING DUST... ESPECIALLY NEAR PLOWED FIELDS OR CONSTRUCTION SITES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
2 follow-up statements
519 WWUS75 KTWC 052204 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 304 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 AZZ504-506-052315- /O.EXA.KTWC.DU.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160805T2300Z/ TUCSON METRO AREA-SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARANA 304 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS ISSUED A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST PIMA COUNTY INCLUDING THE MARANA AREA. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST CAN RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE POSING A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 40 MPH * VISIBILITY...BELOW 1 MILE...BRIEFLY BELOW 1/4 MILE POSSIBLE IN SMALL AREAS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB * CURRENT AIR POLLUTION LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE PIMA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WEBSITE AT WWW.PIMA.GOV/DEQ OR BY CALLING (520) 724-7446 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER LOCALIZED DENSE BLOWING DUST... ESPECIALLY NEAR PLOWED FIELDS OR CONSTRUCTION SITES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. && $$ AZZ505-052315- /O.CON.KTWC.DU.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160805T2300Z/ SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK 304 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST CAN RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE POSING A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO MOTORISTS. * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM. * WINDS...20 TO 40 MPH * VISIBILITY...BELOW 1 MILE...BRIEFLY BELOW 1/4 MILE POSSIBLE IN SMALL AREAS. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON AND CLICK ON THE DETAILED HAZARDS TAB * CURRENT AIR POLLUTION LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE PIMA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WEBSITE AT WWW.PIMA.GOV/DEQ OR BY CALLING (520) 724-7446 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MEANS THAT BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE IN SOME AREAS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. IF YOU ENCOUNTER LOCALIZED DENSE BLOWING DUST... ESPECIALLY NEAR PLOWED FIELDS OR CONSTRUCTION SITES...DO NOT DRIVE INTO IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. && $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
717 WWUS75 KTWC 052258 NPWTWC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ 358 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 AZZ504>506-060000- /O.CAN.KTWC.DU.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-160805T2300Z/ TUCSON METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY- 358 PM MST FRI AUG 5 2016 ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUCSON HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY. ORGANIZED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL AREAS OF DUST POSSIBLE. $$ VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...YOUTUBE...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/TUCSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pima | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 2:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 2:42 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 48 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:49 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Santa Cruz | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 4:00 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | 45 min | |
| Aug 5, 4:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | TWC | Pinal | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.