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Dust Storm Warning 4, NWS Las Vegas, NV

March 28, 2022Clark County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona

NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this dust storm warning at Mar 28, 2022, 12:31 PM PDT for Clark County, Nevada; Mohave County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 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: Mar 28, 2022, 12:31 PM PDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2022, 1:30 PM PDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Las Vegas, NV
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mohave County, AZ, Clark County, NV

The radar

The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this dust storm warning went out at Mar 28, 10:05 AM PDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 10:05 AM PDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 11:45 AM PDT, 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 28, 2:38 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	VEF	Clark, Nye	25 hr
Mar 28, 1:13 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	VEF	Clark, Lincoln	62 min
Mar 28, 1:27 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	VEF	Clark	48 min
Mar 28, 2:27 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	VEF	Mohave	2 hr

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Nevada, 2022 Dust Storm Warnings in Arizona, 2022 Every dust storm warning in 2022

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.