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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 5, 2011

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 9:59 PM MST. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2011, 9:59 PM MST (04:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 10:45 PM MST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 9:11 PM MST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 9:11 PM MST, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:44 AM MST, 16 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
544 AM MST TUE JUL 5 2011

AZZ021>023-026>028-061245-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
544 AM MST TUE JUL 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL
ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MONSOON REGIME IS IN PLACE FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM RELATED
HAZARDS...MOST LIKELY IN THE EVENING. THESE INCLUDE VERY STRONG
WINDS...BLOWING DUST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND OF COURSE LIGHTNING.
MARICOPA AND PINAL COUNTIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THESE
HAZARDS THAN YUMA AND LA PAZ COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LINGERING MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. SOMEWHAT LESS MOISTURE IS ANTICIPATED
FRIDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO STORMS THAT WILL BE LESS
LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN BUT WILL TEND TO FAVOR PRODUCTION OF
STRONG WINDS INSTEAD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ024-061245-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
544 AM MST TUE JUL 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST-CENTRAL
ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MONSOON REGIME IS PLACE AND ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED TODAY BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND OF COURSE LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LINGERING MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY. SOMEWHAT LESS MOISTURE IS ANTICIPATED
SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK LEADING TO STORMS THAT WILL BE LESS
LIKELY TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN BUT WILL TEND TO FAVOR PRODUCTION OF
STRONG WINDS INSTEAD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AZZ020-025-CAZ030>033-061245-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-
544 AM MST TUE JUL 5 2011 /544 AM PDT TUE JUL 5 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MONSOON REGIME IS IN PLACE FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM RELATED
HAZARDS...MOST LIKELY IN THE EVENING. THESE INCLUDE VERY STRONG
WINDS...BLOWING DUST...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND OF COURSE LIGHTNING.
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THESE
HAZARDS THAN IMPERIAL COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
LINGERING MOISTURE WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
INTO THURSDAY THEN DISSIPATE BY FRIDAY AS MOISTURE SHIFTS EASTWARD.
THUS ANY STORMS THAT FORM THURSDAY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS THAN HEAVY RAIN.

.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, Jul 5, 8:28 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:36 PM MST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:10 PM MST, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 9:30 PM MST, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 9:59 PM MST, 0 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
Jul 5, 5:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	50 min
Jul 5, 6:05 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	40 min
Jul 5, 6:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	43 min
Jul 5, 6:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		62 min
Jul 5, 6:55 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	65 min
Jul 5, 6:56 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	49 min
Jul 5, 7:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	50 min
Jul 5, 7:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	84 min
Jul 5, 7:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	51 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	53 min
Jul 5, 7:37 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	53 min
Jul 5, 7:54 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	51 min
Jul 5, 8:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	96 min
Jul 5, 8:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	54 min
Jul 5, 8:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa, Yuma	2 hr
Jul 5, 9:03 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz	57 min
Jul 5, 9:10 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		35 min
Jul 5, 9:12 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Jul 5, 10:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	48 min
Jul 5, 10:41 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	40 min
Jul 5, 10:57 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	63 min
Jul 6, 12:40 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	110 min
Jul 6, 4:07 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	113 min
Jul 6, 4:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		51 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	41 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Imperial	65 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.