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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 22, 2006Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2006, 5:11 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 64 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
Aug 22, 2006, 5:11 PM MST (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2006, 6:15 PM MST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

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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.

NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 2:45 PM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 2:45 PM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 6:40 AM MST, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
640 AM MST TUE AUG 22 2006

AZZ022-023-027-231340-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
640 AM MST TUE AUG 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. HAZARDS INCLUDE
DENSE BLOWING DUST...STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING WATER IN
NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS INCLUDE DENSE BLOWING DUST...
STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ024-028-231340-
SOUTHERN GILA/TONTO NF FOOTHILLS-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
640 AM MST TUE AUG 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS... AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING
WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING
WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ021-026-231340-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
640 AM MST TUE AUG 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS INCLUDE DENSE BLOWING DUST...STRONG GUSTY
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET
FLOODING AND RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE WEDNESDAY. HAZARDS INCLUDE DENSE
BLOWING DUST...STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY
WASHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-231340-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
640 AM MST/PDT TUE AUG 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS INCLUDE DENSE BLOWING
DUST...STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN BY MONDAY. HAZARDS
INCLUDE DENSE BLOWING DUST...STRONG GUSTY POSSIBLY DAMAGING
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING AND RUNNING
WATER IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

ELLIS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:19 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma30 min
Aug 23, 1:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRRiverside, San Bernardino63 min

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.