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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

September 8, 2013

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Sep 8, 2013, 8:16 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2013, 8:16 AM MST (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2013, 6:15 PM MST
In force: 10 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 Sep 8, 4:55 AM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 4:55 AM MST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:35 AM MST, 2 hours 41 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
Sep 8, 8:16 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	119 min
Sep 8, 9:04 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	116 min
Sep 8, 12:36 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	114 min
Sep 8, 2:57 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	La Paz	93 min
Sep 8, 4:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Yuma	40 min
Sep 7, 5:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	49 min
Sep 7, 5:28 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		92 min
Sep 7, 6:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	107 min
Sep 8, 2:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Riverside	55 min
Sep 8, 2:47 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	3 hr
Sep 8, 2:59 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Riverside	61 min

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Sources

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