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Blowing Dust Advisory 4, NWS Tucson, AZ
NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 12, 2018, 11:08 AM MST for 4 counties in Arizona. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2018, 11:08 AM MST (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2018, 8:08 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tucson, AZ
Counties Cochise County, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 Apr 12, 10:14 AM MST, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 10:14 AM MST, 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:27 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 40 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:28 AM MST | Freeze Watch | TWC | Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz | 33 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.