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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 26, 2013Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2013, 2:18 PM MST for Maricopa County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2013, 2:18 PM MST (21:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2013, 3:15 PM MST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Maricopa County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ

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NWS Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 2:10 PM MST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 2:10 PM MST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:36 AM MST, 8 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 10:47 AM MST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1047 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013

AZZ024-261830-
GILA AZ-
1047 AM MST FRI JUL 26 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GILA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ARIZONA

UNTIL 1130 AM MST

AT 1041 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF CUTTER.  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   CUTTER...AND HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN GLOBE AND PERIDOT.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND
MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN HEAVY RAINFALL...SLOW DOWN
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING...AND LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE
BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER VEHICLES.

LAT...LON 3321 11057 3336 11081 3354 11057 3336 11044
      3331 11044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 137DEG 1KT 3334 11057

WOODALL

Local storm report, Jul 26, 12:01 PM MST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:31 PM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:37 PM MST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:11 PM MST, 7 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 25, 5:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 25, 7:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	57 min
Jul 26, 8:37 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	113 min
Jul 26, 9:52 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	113 min
Jul 26, 10:47 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	43 min
Jul 26, 10:55 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	3 hr
Jul 26, 11:06 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	54 min
Jul 26, 11:29 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Gila	3 hr
Jul 26, 11:50 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	115 min
Jul 26, 12:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	114 min
Jul 26, 12:28 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz	2 hr
Jul 26, 12:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	44 min
Jul 26, 12:37 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	38 min
Jul 26, 1:20 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	55 min
Jul 26, 2:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		49 min
Jul 26, 2:59 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 26, 4:01 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.