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Blowing Dust Advisory 33, NWS Tucson, AZ

December 7, 2017Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Dec 7, 2017, 11:03 AM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2017, 11:03 AM MST (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Dec 7, 2017, 1:00 PM MST
In force
117 min
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 18:05 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 Dec 7, 9:54 AM MST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 9:54 AM MST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 2:57 AM MSTFreeze WarningTWCCochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz30 hr

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.