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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Phoenix, AZ

July 30, 2016Maricopa County, Arizona

NWS Phoenix, AZ issued this areal flood warning at Jul 30, 2016, 4:02 AM MST for Maricopa County, Arizona. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2016, 4:02 AM MST (11:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2016, 7:00 AM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Phoenix, AZ
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Maricopa County, AZ

The radar

The Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 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 areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 30, 3:56 AM MST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:56 AM MST, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:57 PM MST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1157 PM MST FRI JUL 29 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1156 PM     DUST STORM       2 NNW PARKER            34.15N 114.29W
07/29/2016                   LA PAZ             AZ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. .

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:12 AM MST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1212 AM MST SAT JUL 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1211 AM     DUST STORM       EAST BLYTHE             33.62N 114.58W
07/30/2016                   RIVERSIDE          CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS VISIBILITY TO 1/4
            MILE OR GREATER. .

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:15 AM MST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1215 AM MST SAT JUL 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1211 AM     DUST STORM       EAST BLYTHE             33.62N 114.58W
07/30/2016                   RIVERSIDE          CA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS VISIBILITY DOWN TO
            1/4 MILE.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:24 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1224 AM MST SAT JUL 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     LIGHTNING        1 SSE NORTH SCOTTSDALE  33.61N 111.89W
07/29/2016                   MARICOPA           AZ   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE CAUSED
            BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE. NO DEATHS OR INJURIES
            BUT HOUSE SEVERELY DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR. .

&&

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:06 AM MST, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:57 AM MST, 5 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 29, 5:02 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	58 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PSR		5 hr
Jul 29, 5:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Gila	36 min
Jul 29, 6:03 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		57 min
Jul 29, 6:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Jul 29, 6:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		39 min
Jul 29, 6:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Gila	46 min
Jul 29, 7:11 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Pinal	49 min
Jul 29, 7:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Maricopa	64 min
Jul 29, 7:28 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		73 min
Jul 29, 7:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Gila	4 hr
Jul 29, 7:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	32 min
Jul 29, 7:46 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	29 min
Jul 29, 8:11 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	19 min
Jul 29, 8:16 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		59 min
Jul 29, 8:21 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	39 min
Jul 29, 8:24 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Pinal	36 min
Jul 29, 8:27 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 8:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	31 min
Jul 29, 8:36 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	45 min
Jul 29, 9:16 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	44 min
Jul 29, 9:20 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		40 min
Jul 29, 9:22 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa, Pinal	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR		50 min
Jul 29, 9:32 PM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PSR		4 hr
Jul 29, 9:43 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 29, 9:59 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Jul 29, 10:29 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PSR	Maricopa	31 min
Jul 29, 10:39 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 30, 1:13 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:06 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	54 min
Jul 30, 3:57 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	La Paz	48 min
Jul 30, 5:22 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	PSR	La Paz, Yuma	113 min
Jul 30, 6:58 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	PSR	Maricopa	3 hr
Jul 29, 11:25 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	PSR	Imperial	80 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.