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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 10:04 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 16 hr |
| Jan 16, 10:15 PM MST | Wind Advisory | PSR | 12 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.