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Blowing Dust Advisory 6, NWS Tucson, AZ

May 6, 20165 counties in Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at May 6, 2016, 2:17 AM MST for 5 counties in Arizona. It took effect at May 6, 2016, 9:41 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2016, 2:17 AM MST (09:17 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2016, 9:41 AM MST
Expired
May 6, 2016, 8:00 PM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 May 5, 8:13 PM MST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 8:13 PM MST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
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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.