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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2012, 12:31 AM MST for Gila County, Arizona. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2012, 12:31 AM MST (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 1:30 AM MST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County Gila County, AZ
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</html>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 30, 9:20 PM MST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:20 PM MST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 920 PM MST MON JUL 30 2012 .SYNOPSIS... SUBSTANTIAL MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY WEATHER DISTURBANCE NEAR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER WILL LEAD TO SOMEWHAT ABOVE NORMAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY... PARTICULARLY OVER FAR WESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL CHANCES WILL DECREASE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION. BELOW NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS WEEK...BEFORE MODERATING TO NEAR AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE VALUES BY THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... PRIMARY FOCUS FOR WEATHER IN OUR CWA CONTINUES TO BE OVER THE WESTERN ZONES...PRIMARILY THE SERN CA ZONES. UPPER LOW THAT STARTED AS AN INVERTED TROF OVER NWRN MEXICO HAS MOVED NORTHWESTWARD INTO SERN CA AND SWRN AZ...WITH THE LOW CENTER BETWEEN IMPERIAL AND YUMA. VERY HIGH MOISTURE VALUES HAVE ADVECTED INTO THE AREAS WEST OF MARICOPA COUNTY...WITH PWAT VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. WITH SUCH A HIGH MOISTURE PROFILE...CAPE HAS BEEN MODEST...AND THE STORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED HAVE PRIMARILY BEEN HEAVY PRECIP PRODUCERS. SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAVE BEEN GENERATED OVER MUCH OF IMPERIAL AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES THIS EVENING...WITH FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF IMPERIAL COUNTY. EARLIER THIS EVENING A MASSIVE STORM COMPLEX FORMED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF IMPERIAL COUNTY...MAINLY WEST OF EL CENTRO...AND RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE SYSTEM. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED WEST OF SEELEY AND AN AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM. AS OF 9 PM MOST OF THE CONVECTION HAS ENDED...HOWEVER SKIES REMAIN CLOUDY AND THERE ARE LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. WITH HIGH MOISTURE VALUES TO PERSIST TONIGHT AND THE UPPER LOW STILL IN THE AREA...WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS REST OF THE NIGHT OVER MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. NOT MUCH HAS OCCURRED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AZ TODAY...CONVECTION YESTERDAY HELPED TO WORK OVER AND STABILIZE THE BOUNDARY LAYER...AND SERN ARIZONA HAS ALSO BEEN WORKED OVER WITH LITTLE STORM DEVELOPMENT NOTED THERE TODAY. HIGH AT PHOENIX WAS JUST 100 TODAY...5 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMAL. 00Z PSR RAOB SHOWED THAT THE AIRMASS MODIFIED QUITE A BIT DURING THE DAY WITH PWAT DOWN TO 1.6 INCHES...WARMING ALOFT...AND DRYING OF THE LOWER LEVELS. CAPE IS MINIMAL WITH QUITE A BIT OF CIN IN THE PROFILE. THUS...MOSTLY FLAT CU WAS OBSERVED OVER OUR CENTRAL DESERTS TODAY. THERE IS ONE FEATURE OF CONCERN...WIND FIELDS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AZ ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN THEY ARE OUT WEST...WITH MEAN 300-700MB WIND AROUND 30KT FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALLOW ANY STORMS THAT FORM TO BECOME MUCH MORE ORGANIZED AND PERSISTENT THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD...AND A LOOK AT IR IMAGERY AT 9 PM SHOWED AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SERN AZ...MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. THIS CLUSTER APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER INVERTED TROF APPROACHING FROM SOUTHWEST MEXICO. OUTFLOW FROM THIS COMPLEX MAY GET INTO THE CENTRAL DESERTS LATER TONIGHT AND IT COULD CAUSE NEW STORMS TO FORM OVER OUR AREA. AGAIN...WITH THE STRONG WIND FIELDS WE MAY YET SEE ORGANIZED CONVECTION LATER THIS EVENING OR EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING TO WATCH CLOSELY. UPPED OUR POPS OVER THE CENTRAL DESERTS TO 20 PERCENT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT JUST IN CASE. OTHERWISE...FORECASTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR CURRENT WEATHER TRENDS. WILL BE CANCELING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR WESTERN ZONES. CONVECTION HAS PRETTY MUCH ENDED AND THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS PRETTY MUCH OVER. THIS FITS WELL WITH OUR SURROUNDING OFFICES WHO LET THEIR WATCH EXPIRE. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AS EXPECTED...MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OVER FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND FAR WESTERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE MOISTURE RIDGE (PRECIPITABLE WATER AT OR JUST ABOVE 2 INCHES) COEXISTS WITH DECENT INSTABILITY AND LOCATION OF QUASI STATIONARY MID-LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE. CONSEQUENTLY...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND WERE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES HIGHEST PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...AND RADAR/SATELLITE ESTIMATES INDICATE 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WATCHES/STATEMENTS/ADVISORIES/WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SITUATION. WEATHER IS MUCH QUIETER OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... WHERE DRIER AIR IS ADVECTING WEST FROM NEW MEXICO...STRONGER WIND FIELD EXISTS...AND UPPER SUPPORT IS LACKING. NEAREST UPSTREAM WEATHER DISTURBANCE...WELL DEFINED IN BOTH WV IMAGERY AND PV FIELDS...WAS MOVING WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE STRONG SOUTHERN PLAINS ANTICYCLONE...AND IT HAD HELPED TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CHIHUAHUA AND FAR EASTERN SONORA. STORMS WILL INCREASE OVER SONORA LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT OUTFLOW FROM THOSE STORMS COULD TRIGGER SOME STORMS TO OUR SOUTH THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...WITH OUTFLOW FROM THOSE STORMS PUSHING NORTH ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AZ LATER TONIGHT. BOTTOM LINE...WILL HOLD ONTO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AZ OVERNIGHT...WITH BEST CHANCE IN THE LATE EVENING. WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS SITUATION. UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE EVER SO SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND REMAIN A FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. AS SUCH...HIGHEST POP TUESDAY WILL AGAIN BE OUT WEST...AND PROBABLY TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. FORECAST FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WAS NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM WHAT WAS INHERITED...IN PART DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS MORNING/S NUMERICAL GUIDANCE STRONGLY SUPPORTED INHERITED FCST PACKAGE FOR THIS PERIOD. SO...SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR FURTHER DETAILS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE REMNANT QUASI-STATIONARY CIRCULATION CENTER SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY ON TUESDAY...WITH THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES POTENTIALLY BETTER FOR MORE WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION. VARIOUS MESOSCALE PROCESSES COULD STILL CONTAMINATE THE ATMOSPHERE...SO HAVE ONLY ADVERTISED HIGHER END CHANCE POPS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCES APPEARING TO LIE INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA. ALSO HAVE CONTINUED THE TREND OF TRIMMING POPS THROUGH THE EASTERN CWA WITH STRONGER RIDGING AND DRIER AIR ADVECTING WESTWARD...THOUGH ANOTHER WAVE CURRENTLY SOUTH OF BROWNSVILLE TX COULD STREAM NORTH ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF CNTRL MEXICO AND INVIGORATE CONVECTION THROUGH FAR SERN ARIZONA...MOVING TOWARDS THE FORECAST AREA. THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A BIFURCATED RIDGE WITH THE HIGHEST H5 HEIGHTS OVER TEXAS ATTEMPTING TO RETROGRADE INTO THE OLD HEIGHT WEAKNESS/INVERTED TROUGH OVER SRN CALIFORNIA/NEVADA. ECMWF SOLUTIONS REMAIN CONSISTENT IN HOLDING THE WEAKNESS IN THE HEIGHT FIELD AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE THROUGH THE REGION AGAINST THE INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE RETROGRESSION. THERE IS LIMITED TO ALMOST NO ENSEMBLE SUPPORT FROM GFS AND CMC MEMBERS FOR THIS TYPE OF OUTCOME...WITH CONSENSUS OUTPUT INDICATING STRONGER RIDGING AND DRYING OVERTAKING THE REGION. THEREFORE...HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND POPS DOWNWARD INTO THE END OF THE WEEK...WHILE PUSHING TEMPERATURES UP TO AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. && .AVIATION... SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA INCLUDING KPHX...KIWA...AND KSDL... VERY QUIET CONVECTIVELY THIS EVENING...AND ATTM DO NOT EXPECT CONVECTION FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...JUST SOME SCATTERED MID/HI LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS. HOWEVER...WE ARE WATCHING A CLUSTER OF STORMS WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST...TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TUCSON. STORMS ARE RATHER ORGANIZED AND MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST. WE MAY SEE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL DESERTS LATER THIS EVENING...OR EVEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT ACTUAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA OR DEVELOP AS THE OUTFLOW WINDS MOVE THROUGH. CONFIDENCE IN THIS NOT HIGH AND WILL NOT MENTION STORMS IN THE UPCOMING 06Z TAF PACKAGE. FOR TOMORROW...STORM THREATS STILL ARE RATHER LOW...MAY SEE AN ISOLATED STORM IN THE DESERTS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING BUT WILL NOT MAKE MENTION OF IT IN THE TAFS. WINDS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE NEXT 24 HOURS AND FAVOR DIURNAL PATTERNS. SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST ARIZONA INCLUDING KIPL AND KBLH... WEAK UPPER LOW AND CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. CONVECTION HAS MOSTLY ENDED AS OF 9 PM...BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM REST OF TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WILL KEEP VCSH IN THE TAFS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ALONG WITH BROKEN MID/HI CLOUD DECKS. SHOULD STORMS REDEVELOP WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC...OTHERWISE THEY WILL BE LIGHT AND FAVOR THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .FIRE WEATHER... THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY... LOW GRADE MONSOON CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED TO HIGHER TERRAIN PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND DOWNWARD THURSDAY WITH ONLY MINOR FLUCTUATIONS THEREAFTER WITH OVERNIGHT RECOVERY REMAINING GOOD. WINDS WILL FAVOR FAMILIAR WARM SEASON DIURNAL PATTERNS. && .PSR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX DISCUSSION...CB/DG PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MO AVIATION...CB FIRE WEATHER...AJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:16 PM MST, 9 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 316 PM MST MON JUL 30 2012 AZZ024-311300- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 316 PM MST MON JUL 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EXPECT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORM THAT FORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY TRENDING DOWNWARD BY THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE PRIMARILY OVER HIGH TERRAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AZZ022-023-027-028-311300- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 316 PM MST MON JUL 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EXPECT ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS COULD INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS FORECAST IS RATHER LOW. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH PRIMARILY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ030>033-311300- 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- 316 PM MST MON JUL 30 2012 /316 PM PDT MON JUL 30 2012/ ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST /MIDNIGHT PDT/ TONIGHT... 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGEST STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH FLOODING OF WASHES AND ROADWAYS A GOOD BET...AS WELL AS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH PRIMARILY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
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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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| Jul 30, 5:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:26 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 79 min |
| Jul 31, 1:15 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 45 min | |
| Jul 31, 3:42 AM MST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | 15 hr | |
| Jul 31, 10:16 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 10:47 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 11:06 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 39 min |
| Jul 31, 11:37 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 113 min |
| Jul 31, 12:05 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | La Paz | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 12:12 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 1:31 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz, Yuma | 119 min |
| Jul 31, 4:10 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 19 min | |
| Jul 31, 4:29 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PSR | 82 min | |
| Jul 31, 4:48 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | Maricopa | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 6:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Imperial | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:31 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | PSR | Imperial | 15 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:49 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Imperial | 116 min |
| Jul 31, 4:58 AM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | Imperial | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:02 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:40 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Riverside, San Bernardino | 2 hr |
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