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Special Weather Statement, NWS Phoenix, AZ

October 29, 2015

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this special weather statement at Oct 29, 2015, 12:25 PM MST. It was in force for 65 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: Oct 29, 2015, 12:25 PM MST (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2015, 1:30 PM MST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Oct 29, 10:41 AM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 10:41 AM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 29, 11:34 AM MST, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1134 AM MST THU OCT 29 2015

AZZ028-291930-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AZ-
1134 AM MST THU OCT 29 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTY

UNTIL 1230 PM MST

AT 1134 AM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF FREEMAN...OR 24 MILES WEST OF CASA GRANDE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARICOPA...ESTRELLA SAILPORT...AK-CHIN VILLAGE AND STANFIELD.

LAT...LON 3313 11220 3302 11182 3276 11201 3276 11205
      3273 11205 3272 11207 3272 11214 3268 11215
      3269 11220
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 211DEG 16KT 3284 11215

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Special weather statement, Oct 29, 12:25 PM MST, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1225 PM MST THU OCT 29 2015

AZZ023-027-028-292030-
GREATER PHOENIX AREA AZ-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY AZ-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY AZ-
1225 PM MST THU OCT 29 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED A

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MARICOPA AND SOUTHWESTERN PINAL COUNTIES

UNTIL 130 PM MST

AT 1224 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14
MILES EAST OF FREEMAN...OR 18 MILES WEST OF CASA GRANDE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 8 NEAR THE PINAL-MARICOPA COUNTY LINE...ALSO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CASA GRANDE...MARICOPA...QUEEN CREEK...BIG HORN...FREEMAN...
BAPCHULE...KAKA...OLBERG...ESTRELLA
SAILPORT...BLACKWATER...STANFIELD...MOBILE...SACATON AND AK-CHIN
VILLAGE.

LAT...LON 3321 11220 3320 11158 3279 11179 3279 11187
      3277 11189 3276 11205 3272 11207 3272 11214
      3268 11215 3268 11220 3250 11221 3251 11265
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 211DEG 16KT 3282 11205

LEINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 11:34 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		56 min
Oct 29, 12:38 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	52 min
Oct 29, 1:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	61 min
Oct 29, 1:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		65 min
Oct 29, 1:42 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	33 min
Oct 29, 1:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	62 min
Oct 29, 2:42 PM MST	Wind Advisory	PSR		26 hr
Oct 29, 2:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	44 min
Oct 29, 3:30 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	45 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.