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Blowing Dust Advisory 15, NWS Tucson, AZ

June 20, 2017Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Jun 20, 2017, 8:44 AM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Jun 20, 2017, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2017, 8:44 AM MST (15:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 20, 2017, 3:00 PM MST
Expired
Jun 20, 2017, 8:00 PM MST
In force
5 hr
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 15:46 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 Jun 20, 3:25 AM MST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:25 AM MST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:51 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC39 min
Jun 20, 3:58 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC32 min
Jun 20, 4:31 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC44 min
Jun 20, 4:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise27 min
Jun 20, 4:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCGreenlee34 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.