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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 23, 1992Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 23, 1992, 6:35 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 1992, 6:35 PM MST (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 1992, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 85 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Whole counties

County Maricopa County, AZ

The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 23, 2:17 PM MST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 23, 5:53 PM MST, 42 minutes before

AZZALL-230400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX ARIZONA
555 PM MST FRI OCT 23 1992

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS THE DESERTS...

AT 5:30 PM RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL BETWEEN CHANDLER
AND CASA GRANDE.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

EARLIER...AT ABOUT 4:30 PM... 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
NORTHWEST TUCSON. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEEN NEAR GLOBE/MIAMI.

PERSONS IN THE PHOENIX AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE EAST VALLEY SHOULD
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  MOTORISTS SHOULD
SLOW DOWN AND LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES.  SOME FLOODING
OF LOW SPOTS AND HI0GHWAY DIPS IS LIKELY WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS.

SIPPLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 7:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	55 min
Oct 23, 10:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Mohave	105 min
Oct 23, 10:45 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Mohave	60 min
Oct 24, 12:55 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	95 min
Oct 24, 1:33 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Pinal	117 min
Oct 24, 1:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr

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