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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 18, 2012

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2012, 7:14 PM MST. It was in force for 76 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 18, 2012, 7:14 PM MST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2012, 8:30 PM MST
In force
76 min
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:14 PM MST, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 5:09 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa81 min
Aug 18, 6:42 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa68 min
Aug 18, 6:49 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa56 min
Aug 19, 1:41 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa, Pinal2 hr
Aug 19, 4:38 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila112 min
Aug 19, 4:50 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila70 min
Aug 19, 4:52 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRGila83 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Arizona, 2012Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.