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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 23, 2013

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2013, 1:37 PM MST. It took effect at Aug 24, 2013, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 23, 2013, 1:37 PM MST (20:37 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 24, 2013, 11:00 PM MST
Expired: Aug 26, 2013, 8:00 PM MST
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Flood severity: None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 23, 12:35 PM MST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 12:35 PM MST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 4:08 AM MST, 9 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
408 AM MST FRI AUG 23 2013

AZZ020>028-CAZ030>033-241400-
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-
408 AM MST FRI AUG 23 2013 /408 AM PDT FRI AUG 23 2013/

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.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING WHERE STORMS PERSIST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THIS WEEKEND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE INCREASES
ACROSS THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES ARE POSSIBLE.

.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 23, 1:13 PM MST, 24 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 22, 5:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		60 min
Aug 22, 5:02 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		93 min
Aug 22, 5:15 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	45 min
Aug 22, 5:20 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Yuma	115 min
Aug 22, 6:02 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Yuma	58 min
Aug 22, 6:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		70 min
Aug 22, 6:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Yuma	110 min
Aug 22, 7:07 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		38 min
Aug 23, 1:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	47 min
Aug 23, 2:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Aug 23, 2:37 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila, Pinal	38 min
Aug 23, 3:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	48 min
Aug 23, 3:13 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Pinal	2 hr
Aug 23, 3:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	47 min
Aug 23, 4:21 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	114 min
Aug 22, 6:44 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		73 min

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Sources

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