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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

March 18, 2012Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2012, 12:27 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 18, 2012, 12:27 PM MST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2012, 1:00 PM MST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Pinal County, AZ

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The text

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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 Mar 18, 11:01 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 11:01 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 5:46 AM MST, 6 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
546 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012

AZZ022-023-027-028-191300-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
546 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAZARDS INCLUDE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

AZZ024-191300-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
546 AM MST SUN MAR 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND TONIGHT
ABOVE 3500 FEET. HAZARDS INCLUDE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND
LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND FOG.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

MONDAY...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET. HAZARDS
INCLUDE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...AND LOW VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND
FOG.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

 WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 8 AM MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:32 AM MST, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 12:27 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
Mar 17, 8:50 PM MST	Wind Advisory	PSR		23 hr

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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.