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Blowing Dust Advisory 24, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 30, 2016Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 30, 2016, 5:00 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2016, 5:00 PM MST (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
In force
60 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 00:00 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 30, 2:45 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:45 PM MST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 1:35 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC25 min
Aug 31, 3:58 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC32 min
Aug 31, 4:38 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise37 min
Aug 31, 4:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCCochise39 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.