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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ

January 17, 2008

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this freeze warning at Jan 17, 2008, 3:09 AM MST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2008, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2008, 3:09 AM MST (10:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2008, 3:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 18, 2008, 9:00 AM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Jan 17, 2:45 AM MST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:45 AM MST, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 16, 5:19 AM MST, 21 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
519 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008

AZZ021>024-026>028-171230-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
519 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS TODAY
ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND
ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL DESERTS...WITH POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT TIMES. PERSONS TRAVELING SHOULD ALSO BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS FROM THE NORTH WHEN TRAVELING ALONG
WEST TO EAST RUNNING ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...BUILDING
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IN THE WAKE OF
TODAYS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY
CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE
AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-171230-
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-
519 AM MST WED JAN 16 2008 /419 AM PST WED JAN 16 2008/

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

A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS TODAY
OVER SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST
AND SAND...WITH POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO 1 MILE AT TIMES.
PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...AS WELL AS STRONG CROSS WINDS
FROM THE NORTH WHEN TRAVELING ALONG WEST TO EAST RUNNING ROADWAYS AND
HIGHWAYS. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE
REGION WILL ALSO RESULT IN ELEVATED THREAT FOR WILDFIRES THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...BUILDING
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IN THE WAKE OF
TODAYS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY
CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE
AND ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 10:04 PM MSTRed Flag WarningPSRLa Paz, Yuma16 hr
Jan 16, 10:15 PM MSTWind AdvisoryPSR12 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Arizona, 2008Freeze Warnings in California, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.