Alert archive / Arizona / Blowing Dust Advisories in 2017

Blowing Dust Advisory 28, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 27, 2017Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Aug 27, 2017, 4:43 PM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 27, 2017, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2017, 4:43 PM MST (23:43 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
Expired
Aug 27, 2017, 8:00 PM MST
In force
3 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 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 5:32 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCCochise, Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz88 min
Aug 26, 6:10 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC35 min
Aug 26, 6:53 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC37 min

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Arizona, 2017Every 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.