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Blowing Dust Advisory 12, NWS Tucson, AZ

May 6, 2017Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at May 6, 2017, 3:08 PM MST for Cochise County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2017, 3:08 PM MST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2017, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Cochise County, AZ, Graham County, AZ, Greenlee County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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 6, 9:17 AM MST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:17 AM MST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 3:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	93 min

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Arizona, 2017 Every blowing dust advisory in 2017

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.