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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2009, 2:49 PM MST for Yuma County, Arizona; Imperial County, California. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 24, 2009, 2:49 PM MST (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2009, 3:30 PM MST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Yuma County, AZ, Imperial County, CA
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Jul 24, 11:13 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 11:13 AM MST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 5:23 AM MST, 9 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 523 AM MST FRI JUL 24 2009 AZZ022-023-027-028-251230- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 523 AM MST FRI JUL 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME BECOMING SEVERE. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...DENSE BLOWING DUST...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS...WASHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SATURDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 109-112 DEGREES ACROSS MARICOPA COUNTY BOTH DAYS. IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THRESHOLDS FOR EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY BE REACHED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURE FORECASTS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ024-251230- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 523 AM MST FRI JUL 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME BECOMING SEVERE. STRONGEST STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...WASHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SATURDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-251230- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 523 AM MST FRI JUL 24 2009 /523 AM PDT FRI JUL 24 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST- CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME BECOMING SEVERE. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...AREAS OF DENSE BLOWING DUST AND SAND...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...WASHES AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SATURDAY...THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER HAZARDS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 110-114 DEGREES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. IT IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THRESHOLDS FOR EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY BE REACHED SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURE FORECASTS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 55 min | |
| Jul 23, 9:08 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 9:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 9:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 10:06 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 11:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 44 min | |
| Jul 24, 1:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 108 min |
| Jul 24, 2:44 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Yuma | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:27 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 48 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:46 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Yuma | 119 min |
| Jul 24, 3:03 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Riverside | 42 min |
| Jul 24, 4:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arizona, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in California, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.