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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 20, 2013La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2013, 3:35 PM MST for La Paz County, Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2013, 3:35 PM MST (22:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2013, 4:30 PM MST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties La Paz County, AZ, Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 20, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:00 PM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 4:40 AM MST, 10 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:43 AM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 20, 1:48 PM MST, 1 hour 47 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
Jul 19, 5:43 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Jul 19, 6:22 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		98 min
Jul 19, 6:35 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 19, 8:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	44 min
Jul 19, 8:44 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	46 min
Jul 19, 9:05 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 19, 9:40 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		50 min
Jul 19, 9:56 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	34 min
Jul 19, 10:01 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	29 min
Jul 19, 10:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 19, 10:22 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	38 min
Jul 19, 10:54 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	51 min
Jul 19, 11:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	65 min
Jul 19, 11:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	51 min
Jul 19, 11:48 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	117 min
Jul 20, 12:56 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:30 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	57 min
Jul 20, 4:13 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:39 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		36 min
Jul 20, 4:41 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		79 min
Jul 20, 2:52 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Riverside	3 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.