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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 30, 2008Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2008, 1:32 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 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 30, 2008, 1:32 PM MST (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2008, 2:15 PM MST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

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 30, 11:55 AM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 11:55 AM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 6:36 AM MST, 6 hours 56 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 9:18 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		102 min
Aug 29, 9:42 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	36 min
Aug 29, 10:08 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	52 min
Aug 29, 11:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Aug 29, 11:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	112 min
Aug 29, 11:39 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	66 min
Aug 30, 12:01 AM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		119 min
Aug 30, 12:57 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	63 min
Aug 30, 5:54 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	2 hr
Aug 30, 8:10 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial, Riverside	110 min

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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.