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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 16, 2012

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2012, 6:16 PM MST. It was in force for 44 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 16, 2012, 6:16 PM MST (01:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

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 Aug 16, 5:55 PM MST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:55 PM MST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 4:55 AM MST, 13 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
455 AM MST THU AUG 16 2012

AZZ020>023-025>028-CAZ031>033-171400-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
455 AM MST THU AUG 16 2012 /455 AM PDT THU AUG 16 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER
DESERTS. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS ARE GUSTY WINDS...AREAS OF BLOWING
DUST...AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAILY HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE
GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING DUST...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

AZZ024-171400-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
455 AM MST THU AUG 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
ARE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAILY HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE
GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

CAZ030-171400-
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-
455 AM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
ARE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAILY HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE
GUSTY WINDS...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.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, Aug 16, 1:28 PM MST, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:35 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 6:16 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
Aug 16, 6:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	106 min
Aug 16, 6:50 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	40 min
Aug 16, 7:08 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 16, 8:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	110 min
Aug 16, 9:02 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	118 min
Aug 16, 11:10 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 16, 11:29 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Aug 16, 11:41 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 17, 12:54 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	111 min
Aug 17, 1:14 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 17, 2:43 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	4 hr
Aug 17, 6:26 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Aug 17, 11:16 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	119 min
Aug 17, 11:42 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	2 hr
Aug 17, 11:59 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		2 hr
Aug 17, 12:25 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Aug 17, 2:45 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		91 min
Aug 17, 2:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	50 min
Aug 17, 2:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Riverside, San Bernardino	118 min
Aug 17, 2:57 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	2 hr
Aug 17, 3:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	47 min
Aug 17, 3:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	31 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.