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Blowing Dust Advisory 23, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 24, 2016Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 24, 2016, 6:54 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2016, 6:54 PM MST (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2016, 9:00 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:07 PM MST, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 6:07 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGraham53 min

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Arizona, 2016Every blowing dust advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.