Weather alerts in Arizona, May 2012

95 weather alerts in May 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 95
Warnings: 41
Watches: 24
Advisories: 19
Busiest day: May 9, 201211 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 2:01 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	13 hr
May 5, 2:27 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	TWC		13 hr
May 6, 2:37 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	VEF	Mohave	12 hr
May 6, 3:11 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		15 hr
May 6, 2:33 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	VEF	Mohave	24 hr
May 6, 3:12 PM MST	Wind Advisory	VEF		21 hr
May 8, 4:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Greenlee	46 min
May 8, 7:17 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC	Graham	43 min
May 9, 9:56 AM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal and 1 more	2 hr
May 9, 2:34 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima	7 min
May 9, 2:41 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	TWC	Pima, Pinal	2 hr
May 9, 3:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		44 min
May 9, 4:07 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	53 min
May 9, 4:08 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	37 min
May 9, 4:20 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	40 min
May 9, 4:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	51 min
May 9, 4:36 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		2 hr
May 9, 4:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	49 min
May 9, 5:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	57 min
May 9, 5:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	60 min
May 9, 5:31 PM MST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	89 min
May 9, 6:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		38 min
May 9, 7:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	TWC		58 min
May 9, 8:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		64 min
May 12, 3:00 AM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		41 hr
May 12, 3:00 AM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		65 hr
May 12, 3:00 AM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		59 hr
May 13, 2:49 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	PSR		35 hr
May 13, 2:29 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	VEF	Mohave	24 hr
May 14, 3:57 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	10 hr
May 14, 1:27 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	31 hr
May 14, 2:26 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	VEF	Mohave	30 hr
May 16, 3:25 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	12 hr
May 16, 3:31 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	TWC		62 hr
May 16, 3:39 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	VEF	Mohave	8 hr
May 16, 3:54 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	29 hr
May 16, 11:12 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	VEF	Mohave	36 hr
May 16, 3:16 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Coconino, Yavapai	29 hr
May 16, 3:16 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	52 hr
May 17, 3:44 AM MST	Wind Advisory	VEF	Mohave	23 hr
May 17, 8:46 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	35 hr
May 17, 2:26 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		30 hr
May 17, 2:56 PM MST	Wind Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Yavapai	28 hr
May 20, 1:54 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	PSR		13 hr
May 20, 2:35 PM MST	Heat Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	27 hr
May 20, 2:40 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Yavapai	24 hr
May 20, 2:55 PM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		29 hr
May 21, 2:09 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	PSR		13 hr
May 21, 2:20 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	TWC		25 hr
May 21, 2:40 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	26 hr
May 21, 4:10 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	35 hr
May 21, 2:34 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo, Yavapai	29 hr
May 21, 2:55 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	VEF	Mohave	24 hr
May 21, 3:09 PM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		29 hr
May 21, 8:28 PM MST	Heat Advisory	TWC	Pima, Pinal	22 hr
May 22, 2:43 AM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	41 hr
May 22, 3:11 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		41 hr
May 22, 4:55 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	63 hr
May 22, 4:57 AM MST	Red Flag Warning	VEF	Mohave	15 hr
May 22, 2:54 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	29 hr
May 22, 2:54 PM MST	Wind Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	29 hr
May 22, 3:05 PM MST	Fire Weather Watch	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	47 hr
May 22, 3:05 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		53 hr
May 22, 3:05 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		3 days
May 23, 3:54 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	11 hr
May 23, 2:02 PM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	54 hr
May 23, 2:44 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Gila, Navajo, Yavapai	3 days
May 23, 3:07 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	PSR	Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma	53 hr
May 23, 3:12 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	VEF	Mohave	56 hr
May 23, 3:19 PM MST	High Wind Watch	VEF	Mohave	23 hr
May 23, 3:19 PM MST	Wind Advisory	VEF	Mohave	56 hr
May 23, 3:19 PM MST	Wind Advisory	VEF	Mohave	56 hr
May 24, 3:02 AM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	17 hr
May 24, 3:37 AM MST	Fire Weather Watch	TWC		11 hr
May 24, 4:08 AM MST	High Wind Watch	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	11 hr
May 24, 4:08 AM MST	Wind Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	11 hr
May 24, 1:45 PM MST	Wind Advisory	PSR		37 hr
May 24, 2:20 PM MST	High Wind Warning	VEF	Mohave	33 hr
May 24, 2:28 PM MST	Red Flag Warning	TWC		54 hr
May 24, 2:53 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	FGZ	Apache, Navajo	53 hr
May 24, 2:53 PM MST	High Wind Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	29 hr
May 24, 2:53 PM MST	Wind Advisory	FGZ	Coconino, Gila, Yavapai	29 hr
May 25, 12:22 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		8 hr
May 25, 1:09 PM MST	Wind Advisory	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	31 hr
May 25, 3:55 PM MST	Wind Advisory	PSR		5 hr
May 25, 8:03 PM MST	High Wind Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	8 hr
May 26, 2:28 AM MST	Wind Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	18 hr
May 26, 8:52 AM MST	High Wind Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	9 hr
May 26, 8:19 PM MST	Freeze Warning	FGZ	Apache, Coconino, Navajo	11 hr
May 30, 3:30 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	PSR		10 hr
May 30, 3:30 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	PSR		10 hr
May 30, 1:57 PM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		30 hr
May 30, 1:57 PM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	PSR		54 hr
May 31, 1:59 AM MST	Excessive Heat Warning	VEF	Mohave	42 hr
May 31, 2:20 AM MST	Heat Advisory	TWC	Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz	41 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	4
Mesoscale Discussion	2
Special Weather Statement	9
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	8
Excessive Heat Watch	5
Heat Advisory	3
Cold
Freeze Warning	1
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	4
High Wind Warning	4
High Wind Watch	2
Blowing Dust Advisory	1
Wind Advisory	15
Fire
Red Flag Warning	20
Fire Weather Watch	17

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.