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Dust Storm Warning 9, NWS Phoenix, AZ

November 7, 2020Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this dust storm warning at Nov 7, 2020, 1:51 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 7, 2020, 1:51 PM MST (20:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 2020, 2:08 PM MST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Nov 6, 3:14 PM MST, 22 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 6, 3:14 PM MST, 22 hours 37 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
Nov 7, 9:55 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR	Pinal	8 hr
Nov 7, 3:51 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR	Pinal	84 min
Nov 7, 2:14 PM MST	Freeze Watch	PSR	San Bernardino	11 hr

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.