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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 14, 2012Riverside County, California

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2012, 10:35 PM PDT for Riverside County, California. It was in force for 40 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 14, 2012, 10:35 PM PDT (05:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2012, 11:15 PM PDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Riverside County, CA

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 14, 9:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 6:03 AM PDT, 16 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
603 AM MST SAT JUL 14 2012

AZZ022-023-027-028-151315-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
603 AM MST SAT JUL 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A GRADUAL DRYING TREND IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...THOUGH A FEW
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

AZZ024-151315-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
603 AM MST SAT JUL 14 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE
FORECAST UNTIL AT LEAST TUESDAY. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-151315-
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-
603 AM MST SAT JUL 14 2012 /603 AM PDT SAT JUL 14 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS GENERALLY NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT

WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:33 PM PDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:42 PM PDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:21 PM PDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:32 PM PDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:23 PM PDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:35 PM PDT, 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 14, 5:03 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	117 min
Jul 14, 5:08 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		67 min
Jul 14, 5:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		64 min
Jul 14, 6:06 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	43 min
Jul 14, 8:02 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	41 min
Jul 14, 8:45 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	55 min
Jul 15, 1:35 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		25 min
Jul 15, 2:04 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR		41 min
Jul 15, 2:07 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	113 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	60 min
Jul 15, 12:35 AM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial, Riverside	58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in California, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.