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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 2010, 3:43 AM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 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
- Jan 22, 2010, 3:43 AM MST (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2010, 6:45 AM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County La Paz County, AZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jan 22, 2:45 AM MST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 2:45 AM MST, 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 5:51 AM MST, 21 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 551 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ031-221300- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- 551 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 /451 AM PST THU JAN 21 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST- CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LA PAZ COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH WIND WARNING IS POSTED FROM 9 PM MST TO MIDNIGHT MST. AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN LA PAZ COUNTY. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA GENERATING STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD PEAK TO BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH. WET SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TREE TOPS COULD CAUSE LARGE TREES TO TOPPLE. ALSO...FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO WEATHER HAZAR ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CAZ030-032-033-221300- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 451 AM PST THU JAN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORM WINDS COULD APPROACH 45 OR 50 MPH...ALONG WITH AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST AND SAND. WET SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TREE TOPS COULD CAUSE LARGE TREES TO TOPPLE. ALSO...WET SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TREE TOPS COULD CAUSE LARGE TREES TO TOPPLE. FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ022-023-027-028-221300- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 551 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. ...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MARICOPA AND NORTHERN PINAL COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH WIND WARNING IS POSTED FROM 9 PM MST TO MIDNIGHT MST. AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN LA PAZ COUNTY. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA GENERATING STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD PEAK TO BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH. WET SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TREE TOPS COULD CAUSE LARGE TREES TO TOPPLE. ALSO...FLOOD OR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ024-221300- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 551 AM MST THU JAN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. ...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY TODAY AND TONIGHT... HIGH WIND WARNING IS POSTED FROM 9 PM MST TO MIDNIGHT MST. AND EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT IN LA PAZ COUNTY. A POWERFUL COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA GENERATING STRONG POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS COULD PEAK TO BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH. WET SOILS AND ADDITIONAL RAIN ON TREE TOPS COULD CAUSE LARGE TREES TO TOPPLE. ALSO...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. .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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 21, 10:13 PM MST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 21, 5:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 17 min |
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 3 hr | |
| Jan 21, 6:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Yuma | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 6:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Yuma | 53 min |
| Jan 21, 6:26 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Yuma | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:38 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 112 min |
| Jan 21, 8:32 PM MST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 8:45 PM MST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 9:03 PM MST | Tornado Warning | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 9:30 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:16 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:37 AM MST | River Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:37 AM MST | River Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila, Maricopa | 36 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:04 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:50 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 7:57 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 8 hr |
| Jan 22, 8:50 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 40 min | |
| Jan 22, 9:10 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:21 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PSR | 24 hr | |
| Jan 22, 10:15 AM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Maricopa | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 46 min | |
| Jan 22, 12:56 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Gila, Maricopa, Pinal | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:30 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 30 min | |
| Jan 22, 3:41 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 49 min | |
| Jan 22, 4:12 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 4:50 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 25 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.