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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 29, 2013

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Aug 29, 2013, 1:09 PM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2013, 1:09 PM MST (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2013, 10:38 PM MST
In force
9 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 29, 10:55 AM MST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 10:55 AM MST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:24 AM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 29, 11:44 AM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 5:00 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Yuma45 min
Aug 28, 5:25 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR50 min
Aug 28, 5:52 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma38 min
Aug 28, 6:18 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa42 min
Aug 28, 6:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma45 min
Aug 28, 7:23 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa52 min
Aug 28, 7:34 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRYuma41 min
Aug 28, 8:19 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa116 min
Aug 28, 8:39 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa51 min
Aug 28, 8:53 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa112 min
Aug 28, 9:39 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa51 min
Aug 28, 10:02 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRLa Paz, Maricopa, Yuma118 min
Aug 28, 10:48 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa3 hr
Aug 29, 1:11 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma2 hr
Aug 29, 3:56 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa49 min
Aug 29, 4:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR42 min
Aug 29, 12:42 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRImperial108 min
Aug 29, 2:59 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside46 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.