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Blowing Dust Advisory 7, NWS Tucson, AZ

February 27, 2017Cochise County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Feb 27, 2017, 12:45 PM MST for Cochise County, Arizona. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 27, 2017, 12:45 PM MST (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
In force
4 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 19:47 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 Feb 26, 2:35 PM MST, 22 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 2:35 PM MST, 22 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 11:10 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningTWCGraham, Greenlee18 hr
Feb 27, 12:36 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWC3 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.