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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 17, 1998Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1998, 4:45 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 75 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
Jul 17, 1998, 4:45 PM MST (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1998, 6:00 PM MST
In force
75 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Whole counties

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 17, 1:30 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:30 PM MST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-181200-
MARICOPA-SOUTHERN GILA-NORTHWEST PINAL-YUMA-LA PAZ-IMPERIAL-
CENTRAL/EASTERN RIVERSIDE-JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
130 PM MST FRI JUL 17 1998

...MODERATE RISK FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA TONIGHT...

THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
POSSIBLY TO AROUND 60 MPH WITH A FEW OF THE EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS.
AND BLOWING DUST ON THE DESERT MAY BRIEFLY RESTRICT VISIBILITY TO
LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER REFERS TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING...

1)   LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OR FLOODING
2)   SAND OR DUST STORM REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS
3)   DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH
4)   HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER

CHECK THE PHOENIX STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR MORE INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 7:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal60 min
Jul 16, 8:09 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRPinal51 min
Jul 17, 4:14 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRGila, Maricopa66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.