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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 2008, 3:54 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 36 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
- Nov 9, 2008, 3:54 PM MST (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2008, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 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 Nov 9, 3:35 PM MST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 9, 3:35 PM MST, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 9, 2:32 PM MST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 232 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 AZZ023-092230- GREATER PHOENIX AREA- 232 PM MST SUN NOV 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY... AT 230 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER LITCHFIELD PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...INCLUDING THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...FROM NOW THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WEST VALLEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE LUKE AFB. HIRSCH
Local storm report, Nov 9, 2:48 PM MST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2:40 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 35 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.