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Red Flag Warning 26, NWS Phoenix, AZ

March 1, 20084 counties in Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2008, 2:17 PM MST for 4 counties in Arizona; Imperial County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, California. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 7:47 AM MST. It was in force for 12 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
Mar 1, 2008, 2:17 PM MST (21:17 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2008, 7:47 AM MST
Expired
Mar 2, 2008, 8:00 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ, Yuma County, AZ, Imperial County, CA, Riverside County, CA, San Bernardino County, CA

The radar

The Yuma radar (KYUX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 1, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 9:45 AM MST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:28 AM MSTWind AdvisoryPSR40 hr
Mar 1, 6:20 AM MSTFire Weather WatchPSRLa Paz, Yuma8 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Arizona, 2008Red Flag Warnings in California, 2008Every red flag 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.