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Blowing Dust Advisory 8, NWS Tucson, AZ

July 28, 2018Pima County, Pinal County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this blowing dust advisory at Jul 28, 2018, 11:36 AM MST for Pima County, Pinal County, Santa Cruz County, Arizona. It took effect at Jul 28, 2018, 3:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2018, 11:36 AM MST (18:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2018, 3:00 PM MST
Expired: Jul 28, 2018, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Tucson, AZ

Counties Pima County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Santa Cruz County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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 Jul 28, 10:35 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:35 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:27 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Pinal	33 min
Jul 27, 7:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		41 min
Jul 27, 8:38 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		52 min
Jul 27, 8:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TWC	Pima	32 min
Jul 27, 9:14 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	TWC	Pima	2 hr
Jul 27, 9:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	60 min
Jul 27, 10:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	64 min
Jul 28, 2:14 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Cochise	61 min
Jul 28, 1:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	36 min
Jul 28, 3:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Santa Cruz	35 min

Nearby

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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.