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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 29, 2012La Paz County, Arizona

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

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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.

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:13 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz62 min
Aug 29, 3:42 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz3 hr
Aug 29, 4:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRLa Paz55 min
Aug 29, 4:28 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRLa Paz2 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.