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Dust Storm Warning 46, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 22, 2018Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Aug 22, 2018, 6:12 PM MST for Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 2018, 6:12 PM MST (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2018, 6:45 PM MST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Aug 22, 5:35 PM MST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 5:35 PM MST, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:24 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:57 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:14 PM MST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
514 PM MST WED AUG 22 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0508 PM     DUST STORM       1 NNE CASA GRANDE       32.89N 111.74W
08/22/2018                   PINAL              AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/2 MILE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

&&

JR

Local storm report, Aug 22, 5:17 PM MST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
517 PM MST WED AUG 22 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0516 PM     DUST STORM       6 NNE CASA GRANDE       32.97N 111.72W
08/22/2018                   PINAL              AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/4 MILE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST.

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:29 PM MST, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 22, 6:04 PM MST, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 5:13 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	62 min
Aug 22, 5:20 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	55 min
Aug 22, 5:29 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	46 min
Aug 22, 6:14 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	61 min
Aug 22, 6:59 PM MST	Dust Storm Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Aug 22, 7:11 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 22, 7:50 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 22, 8:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	63 min
Aug 22, 8:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	41 min
Aug 22, 8:37 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 22, 8:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Aug 22, 9:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	41 min
Aug 22, 9:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Aug 22, 9:44 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 22, 10:39 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 22, 10:58 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 22, 11:50 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Aug 23, 12:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	49 min
Aug 23, 1:00 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	86 min
Aug 23, 1:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 23, 3:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		44 min
Aug 23, 3:44 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 23, 3:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	47 min
Aug 23, 4:05 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 23, 4:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	30 min
Aug 23, 4:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	24 min
Aug 23, 4:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		35 min
Aug 23, 4:52 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr

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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.