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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

August 12, 2014

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2014, 3:00 AM MST. It took effect at Aug 12, 2014, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2014, 3:00 AM MST (10:00 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 12, 2014, 12:00 PM MST
Expired
Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 AM MST
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Phoenix, AZ
Flood severity
None

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 8:50 PM MST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 8:50 PM MST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 11:21 AM MST, 15 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1121 AM MST MON AUG 11 2014

AZZ021>024-026>028-121830-
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
SOUTHERN GILA COUNTY/TONTO NATIONAL FOREST FOOTHILLS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
1121 AM MST MON AUG 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-
CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA AS A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHWARD OUT OF MEXICO INTO ARIZONA. STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.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

Local storm report, Aug 11, 9:02 PM MST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:25 AM MST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Phoenix, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 5:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal13 min
Aug 11, 5:49 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRYuma56 min
Aug 11, 6:06 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma114 min
Aug 11, 8:43 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSR47 min
Aug 11, 8:45 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa2 hr
Aug 12, 1:25 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRLa Paz35 min
Aug 12, 3:08 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRYuma112 min
Aug 12, 1:05 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Maricopa115 min
Aug 12, 1:17 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRGila43 min
Aug 12, 1:52 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal38 min
Aug 12, 3:04 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRPinal116 min
Aug 12, 3:22 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal38 min
Aug 12, 3:48 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRMaricopa, Pinal117 min
Aug 12, 4:01 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal44 min
Aug 12, 4:06 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal54 min
Aug 12, 4:26 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRMaricopa, Pinal2 hr
Aug 12, 4:26 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRPinal49 min
Aug 12, 4:47 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRGila, Pinal118 min
Aug 12, 4:48 PM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryPSR92 min
Aug 12, 4:57 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRMaricopa48 min
Aug 12, 12:45 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningPSRRiverside, San Bernardino3 hr
Aug 12, 12:48 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementPSRRiverside27 min
Aug 12, 3:29 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPSRRiverside, San Bernardino2 hr

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.