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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2012, 10:32 PM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 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
- Aug 14, 2012, 10:32 PM MST (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2012, 11:15 PM MST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County Maricopa County, AZ
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The text
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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 Aug 14, 9:40 PM MST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 9:40 PM MST, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:15 PM MST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 1032 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 AZZ023-150615- MARICOPA AZ- 1032 PM MST TUE AUG 14 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL MARICOPA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 1115 PM MST AT 1029 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PHOENIX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIESTEWA PEAK PARK... CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN... PARADISE VALLEY... LAT...LON 3366 11199 3351 11187 3344 11210 3355 11217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 242DEG 6KT 3354 11204 MO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 9:41 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 79 min | |
| Aug 14, 10:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 10:53 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa | 112 min |
| Aug 14, 11:16 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 104 min | |
| Aug 14, 11:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Pinal | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:00 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Maricopa | 45 min |
| Aug 15, 12:18 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Maricopa, Pinal | 117 min |
| Aug 15, 12:39 AM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 51 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:46 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 44 min | |
| Aug 15, 3:22 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | Gila | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:24 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 4:30 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Gila | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 5:02 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PSR | 58 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:15 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Imperial | 45 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.