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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2013, 2:37 PM MST for Gila County, Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 23, 2013, 2:37 PM MST (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 3:15 PM MST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gila County, AZ, Pinal County, AZ
The radar
The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 Aug 23, 2:35 PM MST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:35 PM MST, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 4:08 AM MST, 10 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, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>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, 1:37 PM MST | Flash Flood Watch | PSR | 3 days | |
| Aug 23, 2:28 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | 47 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
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.