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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Flagstaff, AZ

August 23, 2011Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona

NWS Flagstaff, AZ issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 23, 2011, 2:39 AM MST for Gila County, Yavapai County, Arizona. It took effect at Aug 23, 2011, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 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: Aug 23, 2011, 2:39 AM MST (09:39 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 23, 2011, 10:00 AM MST
Expired: Aug 23, 2011, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Flagstaff, AZ

Counties Gila County, AZ, Yavapai County, AZ

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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 excessive heat warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat warning went out at Aug 22, 8:30 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 8:30 PM MST, 6 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 23, 2:39 AM MST	Excessive Heat Watch	FGZ	Gila, Yavapai	24 hr
Aug 23, 12:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	FGZ		42 min
Aug 23, 3:55 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	FGZ	Apache	110 min

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Arizona, 2011 Every excessive heat warning in 2011

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.