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Dust Storm Advisory 4, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this dust storm advisory at Mar 23, 2021, 5:11 PM MST for La Paz County, Yuma County, Arizona; Imperial County, California. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2021, 5:11 PM MST (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2021, 6:15 PM MST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties La Paz County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ, Imperial County, CA
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 23, 2:34 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:34 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:03 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma | 30 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:03 PM MST | Wind Advisory | PSR | Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma | 39 hr |
| Mar 23, 5:14 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Imperial | 46 min |
Nearby
Dust Storm Advisories in Arizona, 2021Dust Storm Advisories in California, 2021Every dust storm advisory in 2021
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.