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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 30, 2017Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this dust storm warning at Mar 30, 2017, 3:31 PM PDT for Clark County, Nye County, Nevada; Inyo County, San Bernardino County, California; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2017, 3:31 PM PDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2017, 9:26 PM PDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Inyo County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Clark County, NV, Nye County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 dust storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Mar 30, 2:33 PM PDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:33 PM PDT, 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 3:29 PM PDT, 2 minutes before

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Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Nevada, 2017 Dust Storm Warnings in California, 2017 Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2017 Every dust storm warning 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.