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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 18, 2006Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2006, 3:48 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 26 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 18, 2006, 3:48 PM MST (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2006, 4:14 PM MST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pinal County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 2:58 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:58 PM MST, 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 7:08 AM MST, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
708 AM MST TUE JUL 18 2006

AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ031>033-191415-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
708 AM PDT TUE JUL 18 2006 /708 AM MST TUE JUL 18 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YUMA AND IMPERIAL COUNTY.
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...LOWERED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN
SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND MAINLY SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...LOWERED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING DUST...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THE WINDS COULD BE DAMAGING PARTICULARLY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ024-191415-
SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS-
708 AM MST TUE JUL 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE WINDS COULD BE DAMAGING AND HAIL IS
POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CAZ030-191415-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-
708 AM PDT TUE JUL 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ELLIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 4:10 PM MSTDust Storm WarningPSR4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.