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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

February 4, 2008

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this freeze warning at Feb 4, 2008, 3:27 AM MST. It took effect at Feb 5, 2008, 3:00 AM MST. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2008, 3:27 AM MST (10:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2008, 3:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 4, 2008, 2:57 PM MST
In force
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 Feb 4, 2:45 AM MST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:45 AM MST, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 6:00 AM MST, 21 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
600 AM MST SUN FEB 3 2008

AZZ024-041300-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
600 AM MST SUN FEB 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG...COLD...AND WET STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN...POSSIBLY
HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FROM NEAR 6000 FEET THIS
EVENING TO AROUND 4000 FEET BY MONDAY MORNING. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF
SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY...
A STRONG...COLD...AND WET STORM WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ON MONDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY BY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 2
INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 4000 FEET.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

AZZ022-023-027-028-041300-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
600 AM MST SUN FEB 3 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG...COLD...AND WET STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RAIN...
POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING.  A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
WASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WASHES DRAINING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS
NORTH OF NEW RIVER...CAVE CREEK...CAREFREE...AND FOUNTAIN HILLS.

SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FROM NEAR 6000 FEET THIS EVENING TO AROUND
4000 FEET MONDAY MORNING. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE BETWEEN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE
MOUNTAINS EAST OF PHOENIX...GENERALLY FROM THE SUPERSTITION
MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY...
A STRONG...COLD...AND WET STORM WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH MONDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE SHOWERY BY AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN
POTENTIAL ENDING. SNOW LEVEL WILL REMAIN NEAR 4000 FEET.

TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

HV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 3:27 AM MSTFreeze WarningPSR54 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Arizona, 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.