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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ
NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2013, 8:02 PM MST for Pinal County, Arizona. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2013, 8:02 PM MST (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2013, 8:45 PM MST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Phoenix, AZ
County Pinal County, AZ
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The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 8, 1:40 PM MST, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 1:40 PM MST, 6 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 5:47 AM MST, 14 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 547 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 AZZ021>023-026>028-091300- WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA- SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY- 547 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT ARIZONA TODAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND OR THE RUNNING OF NORMALLY DRY DESERT WASHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. AZZ024-091300- SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS- 547 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT ARIZONA TODAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND OR THE RUNNING OF NORMALLY DRY DESERT WASHES. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL FROM 5000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR 4000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. TWO TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO ARIZONA FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. AZZ020-025-CAZ030>032-091300- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY- JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA- RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS- 547 AM MST FRI MAR 8 2013 /447 AM PST FRI MAR 8 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT ARIZONA TODAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND OR THE RUNNING OF NORMALLY DRY DESERT WASHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. WEATHER HAZARDS ARE NOT EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. CAZ033-091300- IMPERIAL COUNTY- 447 AM PST FRI MAR 8 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT ARIZONA TODAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND OR RUNNING WASHES. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SATURDAY...SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. NO WEATHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX IS ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 3:03 PM MST, 4 hours 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:31 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | PSR | Pinal | 44 min |
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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.