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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 21, 2013Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 9:39 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 21, 2013, 9:39 AM MST (16:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2013, 10:30 AM MST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 Jul 21, 9:35 AM MST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:35 AM MST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:02 AM MST, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:37 AM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:39 AM MST, 0 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 20, 5:00 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		45 min
Jul 20, 5:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	44 min
Jul 20, 5:28 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		47 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	2 hr
Jul 20, 6:40 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	110 min
Jul 20, 7:18 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		42 min
Jul 20, 7:27 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	108 min
Jul 20, 7:32 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		43 min
Jul 20, 7:52 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	53 min
Jul 20, 8:41 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	109 min
Jul 20, 9:07 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	38 min
Jul 20, 9:15 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 21, 6:55 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	110 min
Jul 21, 10:04 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	116 min
Jul 21, 10:30 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Jul 21, 10:57 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	108 min
Jul 21, 11:27 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila, Maricopa	2 hr
Jul 21, 11:30 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	45 min
Jul 21, 12:12 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	2 hr
Jul 21, 12:52 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Gila, Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 21, 1:39 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:12 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	108 min
Jul 21, 3:49 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:20 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Imperial	115 min

Nearby

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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.