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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2012, 3:42 PM MST for La Paz County, Arizona. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2012, 3:42 PM MST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County La Paz County, AZ
The radar
The Yuma radar (KYUX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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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</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 Aug 29, 3:00 PM MST, 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:00 PM MST, 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 5:38 AM MST, 10 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 538 AM MST WED AUG 29 2012 AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-301245- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS- NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS- SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY- 538 AM MST WED AUG 29 2012 /538 AM PDT WED AUG 29 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT THROUGH NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:42 PM MST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 342 PM MST WED AUG 29 2012 AZZ020-021-292330- LA PAZ AZ- 342 PM MST WED AUG 29 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... CENTRAL LA PAZ COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ARIZONA UNTIL 430 PM MST AT 334 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF BOUSE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS WILL MAINLY AFFECT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 95 AND HIGHWAY 72. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID THE ADVISORY AREA AND BE PREPARED TO PULL OFF THE ROADWAY. IF YOU ARE IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND STORMS APPROACH...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. LAT...LON 3398 11435 3414 11417 3395 11401 3380 11419 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 146DEG 10KT 3396 11419 AJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 29, 3:13 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 3:42 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | PSR | La Paz | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PSR | La Paz | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 4:28 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | PSR | La Paz | 2 hr |
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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.