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Blowing Dust Advisory 9, NWS Tucson, AZ

May 17, 2016Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at May 17, 2016, 8:07 AM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It took effect at May 17, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2016, 8:07 AM MST (15:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 17, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
May 17, 2016, 7:00 PM MST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ

County Cochise County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 17, 2:44 AM MST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 2:44 AM MST, 5 hours 23 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.